InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Num C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36
Num 26 V1 V4 V7 V10 V13 V16 V19 V22 V25 V28 V31 V34 V37 V40 V43 V46 V49 V52 V55 V58 V61 V64
OET (OET-RV) “The land should be allocated to those clans according to the number of their names, to become their inheritance.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
לָאֵ֗לֶּה
to,these
The pronoun these refers to the tribes of Israel whose clans the author has just listed. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [To these tribes]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
תֵּחָלֵ֥ק הָאָ֛רֶץ
divided the=earth/land
The expression shall be divided is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [you shall divide the land]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
בְּנַחֲלָ֖ה
(in)_an,inheritance
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of inheritance, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [so that they may inherit it]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר שֵׁמֽוֹת
by_[the],number_of names
Here, the names represents “the people whom Moses and Eleazar counted.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [by the number of the people who were counted]
OET (OET-RV) “The land should be allocated to those clans according to the number of their names, to become their inheritance.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.