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
“Among these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
Give the more inheritance
Numbers 26:54 To the larger group you shall increase their inheritance, and to the smaller group you shall diminish their inheritance; each shall be given their inheritance according to those who were numbered of them.
Give the less inheritance
Joshua 15:1
Now the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families reached the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at the extreme south.
Joshua 16:1
Then the lot for the sons of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east into the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.
Joshua 17:1
Now this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.
Joshua 18:11
Now the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot lay between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.
Joshua 19:1
Then the second lot fell to Simeon, to the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah.
General references
Joshua 13:7
Now therefore, apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
Joshua 17:12 But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land.