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
"To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names.
Give the more inheritance
Numbers 26:54
To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it.
Give the less inheritance
Joshua 15:1
The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south.
Joshua 16:1
The land allotted to Joseph's descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
Joshua 17:1
The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph's firstborn son, was also allotted land. The descendants of Makir, Manasseh's firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. They were assigned Gilead and Bashan.
Joshua 18:11
The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph.
Joshua 19:1
The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.
General references
Joshua 13:7
Now, divide up this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."
Joshua 17:12
But the men of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.