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Numbers 26:53

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

The land will be divided among these people as their inheritance, based on how many people are in each group.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is explaining that the Promised Land will be distributed fairly among the tribes according to their population sizes.

📚 Historical Context

This verse comes after Moses conducted a second census of the Israelites as they prepared to enter the Promised Land after 40 years in the wilderness. The census counted all men aged 20 and older who could serve in the army, totaling over 601,000. God was establishing the principle that larger tribes would receive proportionally larger portions of the land they were about to inherit in Canaan.

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Translation & Methodology Sources

The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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