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Land Inheritance Is Distributed by Size and Lot
Larger tribes receive larger inheritances and smaller tribes smaller ones, while the lot determines where each tribe receives land. Human numbers and divine allocation operate together rather than competing.
The casting of lots for tribal inheritances directly fulfills Moses’ instruction that the land be divided by lot according to the tribes. Joshua’s allotment scene is therefore not merely similar to Numbers; it is the narrated execution of the earlier land-distribution command under the appointed leaders.
The remaining tribal lots complete the land-distribution procedure commanded in Numbers. Joshua’s completed allotments therefore execute the land-distribution procedure Numbers had already established for the tribes.
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