56According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.


In Context

53 To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

54 To many you shall give the more inheritance, and to few you shall give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.

Numbers 26:56 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:56According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:56Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:56Whatsoever shall fall by lot, that shall be taken by the more, or the fewer.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:56According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:56according to lot shall his inheritance be divided to each, be they many or few in number.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:56According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:56According to the lot shall the possession of it be divided between many and few.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:56According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:56according to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.'