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These are the ones who were numbered of the sons of Israel, 601,730.

These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

"Among these the land shall be divided as an inheritance according to the number of names.

Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

"To a larger group you shall increase their inheritance, and to a smaller group you shall decrease their inheritance; each shall be given their inheritance corresponding to the total of those who were numbered of them.

To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

"But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

"Corresponding to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller groups."

According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.