55'Only by lot is the land apportioned, by the names of the tribes of their fathers they inherit;


In Context

52 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

53 'To these is the land apportioned by inheritance, by the number of names;

54 to the many thou dost increase their inheritance, and to the few thou dost diminish their inheritance; to each according to his numbered ones is given his inheritance.

55 'Only by lot is the land apportioned, by the names of the tribes of their fathers they inherit;

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

57 And these are numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon is the family of the Gershonite; of Kohath the family of the Kohathite; of Merari the family of the Merarite.

Numbers 26:55 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:55Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:55Be sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:55Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and families.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:55Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:55Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers shall they inherit;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:55Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:55Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:55Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:55Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.