thou shalt give the more inheritance Moses was not allowed to enter Canaan; if, therefore, -thou shalt give" is to be understood strictly, the allotment and distribution were to take place before his death, while the people were still in the land of Moab. This appears to be the view taken in the early passage Judges 1:1-3. But according to P (Joshua 13:15-23; Joshua 14:1-5) the lots were not cast till the whole land was won. We must probably, therefore, understand -thou shalt give" loosely -thou shalt command that it be given." This is more clearly expressed in Numbers 33:50-54.

according to those that were numbered of him i.e. in proportion to his (the tribe's) numbers.

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