Numbers 26:53
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
Numbers 26:53 in other translations
| BSB | “The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names. |
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| WEB | “To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. |
| ASV | Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. |
| YLT | ‘To these is the land apportioned by inheritance, by the number of names; |
| DARBY | Unto these shall the land be divided for an inheritance according to the number of the names; |
| BBE | Let there be a division of the land among these, for their heritage, in relation to the number of names. |
| Webster | To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance, according to the number of names. |
What does Numbers 26:53 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 26:52-56
In distributing these tribes, the general rule of equity is prescribed; that to many should be given more, and to fewer less. Though it seems left to the prudence of their prince, the matter at last must be settled by the providence of God, with which all must be satisfied.
Numbers 26:53 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 26:53
- Joshua 14:1
And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
- Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
- Psalms 105:44
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
- Genesis 12:7
And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.
- Daniel 7:27
And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
- Psalms 49:14
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
- Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
- Revelation 21:27
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
- Ezekiel 47:22
And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
- Revelation 5:10
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
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Context
- Numbers 26:52
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
- Numbers 26:53
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
- Numbers 26:54
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
Numbers 26:53 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | A estos se repartirá la tierra en heredad, por la cuenta de los nombres. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le pays sera partagé à ceux-ci en héritage, selon le nombre des noms. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Diesen soll das Land nach der Zahl der Namen als Erbteil verteilt werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Istis dividetur terra juxta numerum vocabulorum in possessiones suas. |