Numbers 25:52-54
“GOD spoke to Moses: ‘Divide up the inheritance of the land based on population. A larger group gets a larger inheritance; a smaller group gets a smaller inheritance—each gets its inheritance based on the population count. 55-56 “Make sure that the land is assigned by lot. “Each group’s inheritance is based on population, the number of names listed in its ancestral tribe, divided among the many and the few by lot.’”
“Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Divide the land among the tribes, and distribute the grants of land in proportion to the tribes’ populations, as indicated by the number of names on the list. Give the larger tribes more la d and the smaller tribes less land, each group receiving a grant in proportion to the size of its population. But you must assign the land by lot, and give land to each ancestral tribe according to the number of names of the list. Each grant of land must be assigned by lot among the larger and smaller tribal groups.’”
Lord, why all the numbers?
I was asking the question as I continued to the end of chapter 25. These verses give one reason. God is fair. He wanted land assigned so each person had the same share. He provided all people whatever their gifts and circumstance. He loves each one!