1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Numbers 26:54 To the greater number thou shalt give a greater portion, and to the fewer a less: to every one, as they have now been reckoned up, shall a possession be delivered :

A less. God introduced among his people that equality, which was so much desired by Lycurgus, Solon, etc. The fertility of the land assigned to Benjamin, compensated for the smallness of its quantity.