To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance,<n id="1" /> and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance.<n id="2" /> To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it.<n id="3" />

Their inheritance must be apportioned<n id="1" /> by lot among the larger and smaller groups.p>

and if he has no daughter, then you are to give his inheritance to his brothers;

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s allotment is his people,p> <p class="poetry">Jacob is his special possession.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He took him away from following the mother sheep,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people,p> <p class="poetry">and of Israel, his chosen nation.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">So the <sc>Lordsc> was angry with his people<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and despised the people who belong to him.<n id="2" />p>

and if he has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his father&#8217;s brothers;

We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has his inheritance.

They<n id="1" /> will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites;<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.

They buried him in his allotted territory<n id="1" /> in Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

The people<n id="1" /> buried him in his allotted land<n id="2" /> in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

In whatever tribe the foreigner resides, there you will give him his inheritance,&#8221; declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

and rejected Esau.<n id="1" /> I turned Esau&#8217;s<n id="2" /> mountains into a deserted wasteland<n id="3" /> and gave his territory<n id="4" /> to the wild jackals.&#8221;p>

You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone&#8217;s inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral<n id="1" /> tribes.

And you must tell the Israelites, &#8216;If a man dies<n id="1" /> and has no son, then you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter;

Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance<n id="1" /> among his brothers;<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> is his inheritance just as the <sc>Lordsc> your God told him.

However, Moses<n id="1" /> did not assign land as an inheritance<n id="2" /> to the Levites; their inheritance<n id="3" /> is the sacrificial offerings<n id="4" /> made to the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel, as he instructed<n id="5" /> them.p>

Then Boaz said, &#8220;When<n id="1" /> you acquire the field<n id="2" /> from Naomi,<n id="3" /> you must also<n id="4" /> acquire Ruth the Moabite,<n id="5" /> the wife of our deceased relative,<n id="6" /> in order to preserve his family name by raising up a descendant who will inherit his property.&#8221;<n id="7" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Samuel took a small container of olive oil and poured it on Saul&#8217;s<n id="1" /> head. Samuel<n id="2" /> kissed him and said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> has chosen you<n id="3" /> to lead his people Israel! You will rule over the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s people and you will deliver them from the power of the enemies who surround them. This will be your sign that the <sc>Lordsc> has chosen<n id="4" /> you as leader over his inheritance.<n id="5" />

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>, who is the inheritance<n id="1" /> of Jacob&#8217;s descendants,<n id="2" /> is not like them.p> <p class="poetry">He is the one who created everything.p> <p class="poetry">And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">He is known as the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>