Numbers 33:54

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

Numbers 26:53

Give the more inheritance

Numbers 26:54

Give the less inheritance

Joshua 19:1

General references

Joshua 13:7

Joshua 17:12

Bible References

Ye shall divide

"Unto these the land shall be divided to inherit, according to the number of names:

Give the more inheritance

to many, thou shalt give the more inheritance; and to few, the less. To every tribe shall the inheritance be given according to the number thereof.

Give the less inheritance

And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah in their kindreds was the wilderness of Zin that stretched to the coasts of Edom southward, and is the utmost part of the south coasts.

And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho eastward, and the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel:

And the tribe of Manasseh which was the eldest son of Joseph received a lot. And Machir, the eldest son of Manasseh, which was the father of Gilead and a man of war, had Gilead and Bashan.

And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their kindreds. And the coasts of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

And the second lot came out unto the tribe of the children of Simeon by their kindreds. And their inheritance fell in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.

General references

Now therefore divide this land to inherit, unto the nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh."

yet the children of Manasseh could not overcome those cities, but the Cananites began to dwell in the same land.