56According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
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Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 52-56)If any ask why such a particular account is kept of the tribes, and families, and numbers, of the people of Israel, here is an answer for them; as they were multiplied, so they were portioned, not by common providence, but by promise; and, for the support of the honour of divine revelation, God will have the fulfilling of the promise taken notice of both in their increase and in their inheritance.…
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