To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
To many thou shalt give the more - i:e., to the more numerous tribes a larger allotment shall be granted.
According to those that were numbered - i:e., the number of persons 20 years old at the time of the census being made, without taking into account either the increase of those who might have attained that age when the land should be actually distributed, or the diminution from that amount occasioned during the war of invasion.