Numbers 33:54 (ESV)
You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.
When it comes to dividing up the inheritance of someone to the rest of the family there is potential for great harm. Great, loving families have been torn apart by the dividing up of the left over property. Imagine, however, if the inheritance of a deceased parent was divided as the above verses state. Imagine you went to the lawyer’s office and instead of reading a will, he/she rolled dice. Imagine you went before the court and the judge simply rolled dice to decide between the property in the Hampton’s and the collection of ceramic owls. Most people would be furious. But, God is instructing Moses (and Joshua) that when they get into the Promise land this is how they are to divide up the land. This calls for great faith in God’s sovereign choice to have the dice come out the way God intends it to come out. Notice how Solomon would say this years later:
Proverbs 16:33 (ESV)
The lot is cast into the lap,
but its every decision is from the LORD.
This is the essence and character of God’s person. He is totally sovereign over all things and it is He who determines our boundaries and inheritance in this world. Note this from Stephen’s sermon in Acts:
Acts 17:26 (ESV)
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
God determines all this. We live within the boundaries of God sovereign care!!
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