Numbers 33:54 meaning and explanation

And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.

Numbers 33:54, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking to Moses on the plains of Moab, with the Israelites camped across the Jordan from Jericho and about to enter Canaan. The land is to be divided by lot, a practice that placed the decision in God's hands rather than in human bargaining, while the size of each holding was adjusted to the size of the clan.

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