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Strong Concordance Nu 26:54 To many [07227] thou shalt give the more [07235] inheritance [05159], and to few [04592] thou shalt give the less [04591] inheritance [05159]: to every one [0376] shall his inheritance [05159] be given [05414] according [06310] to those that were numbered [06485] of him.

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INHERITANCE The laws of inheritance among the Hebrews were very simple. Land might be mortgaged, but could not be alienated, Nu 36:6-9. See JUBILEE. The only permanent right to property was by heritage, or lineal succession. The eldest son had a double portion. Females had no territorial possession; but if a man left no sons, his daughters inherited-on condition of their marrying into a family within the tribe to which their father belonged. If a man had no children, his land passed to distant relatives, according to a law laid down in Nu 27:8-11. The Law of Moses rendered wills unnecessary; they were introduced, however, at a later period, Ga 3:15 Heb 9:17. Property was sometimes distributed among children during the lifetime of the father: thus, in the parable of the prodigal son, the father divided his property between the two sons, Lu 15:12.
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