In Context

52 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

53 Unto these shall the land be divided for an inheritance according to the number of the names;

54 to the many thou shalt increase their inheritance, and to the few thou shalt diminish their 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 shall they inherit;

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

57 And these are the 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.

Numbers 26:55 in Other Translations