Inheritance by Lot

The LORD commands that the land be divided among the tribes according to their numbers, with larger tribes receiving more and smaller tribes less, yet with each portion assigned by lot. The inheritance is both measured and allotted.

T⁵²hen the LORD said to Moses, ⁵³“The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names. ⁵⁴Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those registered. ⁵⁵Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. ⁵⁶Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”