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For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
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The Levites' Unique Status
Commentators note that the text repeatedly mentions the Levites receiving no land inheritance. This serves two purposes: it highlights the integrity of Moses, who did not favor his own tribe of Levi, and it reminds the other tribes of their ongoing responsibility to provide for the Levites as God had commanded.
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Joshua
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19th Century
Anglican
(Joshua 14-19, inclusive).
And these are the countries which ... Eleazar ... and Joshua ... distributed. Here w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes, and an half tribe, on the other side Jordan
Presbyterian
The Israelites must occupy the new conquests. Canaan would have been subdued in vain if it had not been inhabited. Yet not every man could go and s…
