Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
Ye shall divide
Give the more inheritance
Give the less inheritance
General references
Bible References
Ye shall divide
Numbers 26:53
“The land is to be divided among them as an inheritance based on the number of names.
Give the more inheritance
Numbers 26:54
Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one. Each is to be given its inheritance according to those who were registered in it.
Give the less inheritance
Joshua 15:1
Now the allotment for the tribe of the descendants of Judah by their clans was in the southernmost region, south to the Wilderness of Zin and over to the border of Edom.
Joshua 16:1
The allotment for the descendants of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness ascending from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
Joshua 17:1
This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn. Gilead and Bashan came to Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh and the father of Gilead, who was a man of war.
Joshua 18:11
The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans, and their allotted territory lay between Judah’s descendants and Joseph’s descendants.
Joshua 19:1
The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of his descendants by their clans, but their inheritance was within the portion of Judah’s descendants.
General references
Joshua 13:7
Therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”
Joshua 17:12
The descendants of Manasseh could not possess these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.