A moment in scripture
Numbers 26:54
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To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
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The surrounding passage
- Numbers 26:52
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
- Numbers 26:53
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
- Numbers 26:55
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
- Numbers 26:56
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.