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
Use the list of names from the census to divide the land these people will possess.
Give the more inheritance
Numbers 26:54
Give more land to larger tribes and less land to smaller ones. Use the totals from the census in giving land to each tribe.
Give the less inheritance
Joshua 15:1
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families: The border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the farthest part of the south coast.
Joshua 16:1
The lot was for the children of Joseph. It fell from the Jordan by Jericho, to the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel.
Joshua 17:1
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh. He was the firstborn of Joseph. Machir was the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
Joshua 18:11
The lot for the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the boundary of their lot came between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Joshua 19:1
The second lot came for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
General references
Joshua 13:7
Divide this land for an inheritance among the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 17:12
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.