51. These registered Israelite men numbered 601,730.
52. The Lord spoke to Moses,
53. “The land is to be divided among them as an inheritance based on the number of names.
54. Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one. Each is to be given its inheritance according to those who were registered in it.
55. The land must be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes.
56. Each inheritance will be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”
57. These were the Levites registered by their clans:the Gershonite clan from Gershon;the Kohathite clan from Kohath;the Merarite clan from Merari.