So the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their common-lands:

"You shall therefore survey the land in seven parts and bring [the survey] here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

'And you shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance; there everyone's [inheritance] shall be whatever falls to him by lot. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.

"They shall have the cities to dwell in; and their common-land shall be for their cattle, for their herds, and for all their animals.

The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision [is] from the LORD.

Casting lots causes contentions to cease, And keeps the mighty apart.

the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,