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Numbers 26:54

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Give a larger inheritance to the larger tribes and a smaller inheritance to the smaller tribes. Each group should receive their inheritance based on how many people were counted in their tribe.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is instructing that the Promised Land should be divided fairly based on the size of each tribe - bigger tribes get more land, smaller tribes get less.

📚 Historical Context

This verse comes from the second census of Israel in the wilderness, about 40 years after leaving Egypt. Moses was preparing to divide the Promised Land among the twelve tribes of Israel. The land distribution was to be proportional to each tribe's population size, ensuring fair allocation of territory.

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Numbers 33:54
You must divide the land by drawing lots to give each family their inheritance. Give larger portions to larger families and smaller portions to smaller families. Each person's inheritance will be wherever their lot lands, and you will inherit according to your ancestral tribes.
Numbers 35:8
The cities you give to the Levites should come from what belongs to each tribe of Israel. Those tribes that have received large territories should give more cities, and those that have received smaller territories should give fewer cities. Each tribe should give cities to the Levites based on the size of the land they inherited.
Joshua 13:28
This is the land that was given as an inheritance to the descendants of Gad, organized by their family groups - including all their cities and the smaller villages around them.

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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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