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52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of HaAretz from before you, and destroy all their maskiyyot (stone carved statues), and destroy all their tzalmei massekhot and demolish all their [idolatrous] high places;

53 And ye shall take possession of HaAretz, and dwell therein; for I have given you HaAretz to possess it.

54 And ye shall distribute HaAretz by goral for an inheritance among your mishpekhot; and to the more numerous ye shall give the larger nachalah, and to the fewer in number ye shall give the smaller nachalah; every man’s nachalah shall be in the place where his goral falleth; according to the mattot (tribes of) Avoteichem ye shall inherit.

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52 drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.(A) 53 Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.(B) 54 Distribute the land by lot,(C) according to your clans.(D) To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one.(E) Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.(F)

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