⁸ All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to the Levites, as the Lord had given orders by Moses.

³ And the children of Israel out of their heritage gave to the Levites these towns with their grass-lands, by the order of the Lord.

² The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the meeting,

⁵⁴ And you will take up your heritage in the land by the decision of the Lord, to every family its part; the greater the family the greater its heritage, and the smaller the family the smaller will be its heritage; wherever the decision of the Lord gives to any man his part, that will be his; distribution will be made to you by your fathers' tribes.

³ These towns are to be their living-places, with land round them for their cattle and their food and all their beasts,

⁶ And you are to have the land marked out in seven parts, and come back to me with the record; and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord our God.

³³ A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.

¹⁸ The decision of chance puts an end to argument, parting the strong.