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Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
Numbers 26:55 — KJV
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Numbers 26:55
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Numbers 26:55
Verse 55 of 65
Commentary
Commentary on Numbers 26:55
Theological / DevotionalDivided by lot. Decision by lot is a method of going back to very ancient times. It was an established belief that the lot was decided by divine intervention, as noted in Prov. 16:33. The same method was used at times in the early church (Acts 1:23-26).
According to the names. Presumably the names were placed in a common receptacle and drawn out one at a time, as lots were called. Sometimes an adjustment of territory, depending upon the number of persons in a tribe, was made (Joshua 19:9, 47).
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