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King James Bible - Numbers 26:54

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 26:54

A los más darás mayor heredad, y a los menos menor; y a cada uno se le dará su heredad conforme a sus contados.

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John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 54. To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance , etc.] To a tribe more numerous, and consisting of more and larger families, a greater part of the land was to be given to them to possess; and to a smaller tribe, and of the fewer families and persons in them, a lesser share of it: this direction is given to Moses, but is not designed for him personally, for he never entered the land, but died before Israel went into it; but for the chief ruler that would be then in being, namely, Joshua, his successor: to everyone shall his inheritance be given, according to those that were numbered of him ; that is, to every tribe, and so to every family in it, according to the number of men in it, that were of the above age when the sum of them was taken: because it is in the original text, “to a man according to those numbered of him”, etc. f420 ; hence the Jewish writers f421 gather, that the land was distributed not to women, but to men only.

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Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 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 seem 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.

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Original Hebrew

לרב 7227 תרבה 7235 נחלתו 5159 ולמעט 4592 תמעיט 4591 נחלתו 5159 אישׁ 376 לפי 6310 פקדיו 6485 יתן 5414 נחלתו׃ 5159