Numbers 26:53-56

26:53 “To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names. 26:54 To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, ¹  and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. ²  To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it. ³  26:55 The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes. 26:56 Their inheritance must be apportioned ⁴  by lot among the larger and smaller groups.

Joshua 14:1

Judah’s Tribal Lands

14:1 The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders. ⁵ 

Joshua 18:10

18:10 Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.

Joshua 23:4

23:4 See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, ⁶  from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea ⁷  in the west, including all the nations I defeated. ⁸ 

Psalms 78:55

78:55 He drove the nations out from before them;

he assigned them their tribal allotments ⁹ 

and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “to many you will multiply his inheritance.”

² tn Heb “to a few you will lessen his inheritance.”

³ tn Heb “according to those that were numbered of him,” meaning, in accordance with the number of people in his clan.

⁴ tn Heb “divided.”

⁵ tn Heb “These are [the lands] which the sons of Israel received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes assigned as an inheritance to the sons of Israel.”

⁶ tn Heb “I have assigned by lots to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes.”

⁷ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

⁸ tn Heb “from the Jordan and all the nations which I cut off and the Great Sea [at] the place where the sun sets.” The relationship of the second half of the verse, which mentions nations already conquered, to the first half, which speaks of “remaining nations,” is difficult to understand.

⁹ tn Heb “he caused to fall [to] them with a measuring line an inheritance.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and caused the tribes of Israel to settle down in their tents.”