Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

54. ye shall divide the land bylotThe particular locality of each tribe was to be determinedin this manner while a line was to be used in measuring theproportion (Jos 18:10; Psa 16:5;Psa 16:6).

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And ye shall divide the land by lot,…. What is said in this verse is the same with Nu 26:53, where it has been explained;

[See comments on Nu 26:53],

[See comments on Nu 26:54],

[See comments on Nu 26:55],

[See comments on Nu 26:56].

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

54 And ye shall divide the land by lot. The mode of division is also stated, that each should possess what fell to him by lot; and this was the best plan, for the several tribes would never have allowed themselves to be sent here or there at the option of men: and even if the arrangement had been left to the voices of the judges, they would rather have quarreled with each other than determined what was right. But we must here take into consideration something deeper; viz., that by this method God gave certain proof that the children of Israel were the inheritors and masters of that land by His liberality and special blessing. And, in the first place, we must remember that, although men consider nothing more fortuitous than casting lots, still they are governed by God, as Solomon says. (Pro 16:33.) God, therefore, commanded the people to cast lots, reserving to Himself the judgment as to those to whom they should fall. For how came it to pass that Zebulun obtained his portion on the sea-shore, except because it had been thus predicted by the Patriarch Jacob? Why did a district productive of the best corn fall to the tribe of Asher, unless because it had been pronounced by the same lips, that

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Out of Asher his bread should be fat; and he should yield royal dainties”? (Gen 49:20.)

By the same prophecy the tribe of Judah obtained an inheritance rich in vines, and abounding in the best of pastures. Thus the division of the land, by lot, clearly showed that God had not formerly promised that land to Abraham in vain; because the proclamation of the gift by the mouth of Jacob was actually confirmed. The pious old man had been expelled from hence by famine; he was but a sojourner in Egypt, and twice an exile, and yet he assigns their portions to his descendants in the most authoritative manner, just as the father of a family might divide his few acres of land among his heirs. Yet God finally sealed what then might have seemed ridiculous. Hence it appears that things which, in the feebleness of our senses, we imagine to move at the blind impulse of chance, are directed by God’s secret providence; and that His counsel always proceeds in such a regular course, that the end corresponds with the beginning. Again he recommends to them the law of proportion, so that, according to their numbers, a greater or a less allotment should be given to the several tribes. The allegory which some conceive to be indicated here, viz., that we obtain our heavenly inheritance by God’s gratuitous good pleasure, as if by lot, although at first sight plausible, is easily refuted. Hebron was a part of the inheritance, but Caleb obtained it without casting lots: and a still more decided exception appears in the case of the tribe of Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, who, by the consent of the rest, and not by lot, acquired by privilege, as it were, all the territory that had been won on the other side of Jordan. Let my readers, therefore, learn to abstain from such conceits, lest they should often be obliged to confess with shame, that they have caught at an empty shadow.

Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary

(54) And ye shall divide the land by lot . . . See Num. 26:53-56, and Note.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

54. Divide the land by lot The mode of determining the location of each tribe. Num 26:53-56, notes.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

ye shall divide. Compare Num 26:53.

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

ye shall divide: Num 26:53-56

give the more inheritance: Heb. multiply his inheritance, Num 26:54

give the less inheritance: Heb. diminish his inheritance in the place, Jos 15:1-12, Jos 16:1-4, Jos 17:1-13, Jos 18:11-28, Jos 19:1-48

Reciprocal: Lev 16:8 – cast lots Num 26:55 – by lot Num 35:8 – from them Num 36:2 – The Lord commanded Jos 13:7 – General Jos 14:2 – lot Jos 18:6 – that I may cast Jos 18:28 – according Jos 21:8 – by lot Psa 78:55 – divided Psa 135:12 – gave their

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Num 33:54. Ye shall divide the land by lot As they gradually conquered the country, they were to divide it among the tribes, according to the rules and proportions before prescribed them, Num 26:54-55.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments