19 occurrences

'Allotment' in the Bible

Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for [there was] an allotment for the priests from Pharaoh, and they {lived on} the allotment that Pharaoh gave to them. Therefore they did not sell their land.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersDividing Food

Therefore {there was not} for Levi an allotment or an inheritance [along] with his brothers; [rather] Yahweh [is] his inheritance [just] as Yahweh your God {promised} to him.

Verse ConceptsGod Is My PortionNo Earthly Inheritance

The allotment for the tribe of the descendants of Judah according to their families reached to the border of Edom, to the wilderness of Zin, {to the far south}.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityWilderness Of ZinSouthern Border

The allotment of the descendants of Joseph went from [the] Jordan by Jericho, at the waters of Jericho to the east, [into] the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country [to] Bethel;

Then the allotment was made for the tribe of Manasseh, because he [was] the firstborn of Joseph. To Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, {were allotted} Gilead and Bashan, because he was a warrior.

Verse ConceptsAncestorsFirstborn Sons

[An allotment] was [made] for the remaining descendants of Manasseh, according to their families: For the children of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida--these [were] the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph according to their families.

The descendants of Joseph spoke with Joshua, saying, "Why have you given us one allotment and one share [as] an inheritance? We are many people, which Yahweh has blessed."

Verse ConceptsShortage Other Than Food

And Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, "You are many people and have great power; you will not have one allotment [only];

Verse ConceptsMany In IsraelFamily Strength

And the allotment of the tribe of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the border of their allotment fell between the descendants of Judah and the descendants of Joseph.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine Responsibility

The second allotment {fell} for Simeon, for the tribe of the descendants of Simeon, according to their families. And their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the descendants of Judah.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilitySecond Thing

The third allotment came up for the descendants of Zebulun according to their families. The border of their inheritance went up to Sarid.

Verse ConceptsThird Person

The fourth allotment {fell} for Issachar, for the descendants of Issachar, according to their families.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One FourthFourth

The fifth allotment {fell} for the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their families.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One FifthFifthBorders Around Tribal Areas

The sixth allotment {fell} for the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One SixthSixth

These [are] the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes, distributed by allotment [to] the {Israelites}, at Shiloh {before Yahweh} [at] the entrance of the tent of meeting. And they finished dividing the land.

Verse ConceptsTent Of Meeting

The allotment {fell} for the families of the Kohathites. The descendants of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, {received} by lot thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsThirteen

All [these were] the cities of the descendants of Merarite according to their families, the remaining families of the Levites; their allotment was twelve cities.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Things

And Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Go up with me into my allotment, and let us fight against the Canaanites; then I too will go with you into your allotment." And Simeon went with him.

Verse ConceptsInvitationsFighting TogetherAnger Subsiding

saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan [as] the allotment [that is] your inheritance."

Bible Theasaurus

Allocation (3 instances)
Allotment (64 instances)
Apportioning (5 instances)
Apportionment (2 instances)
Arrangement (19 instances)