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And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the LORD gave it to them.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/joshua/18.htm">New Living Translation</a> “The Levites, however, will not receive any allotment of land. Their role as priests of the LORD is their allotment. And the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh won’t receive any more land, for they have already received their grant of land, which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave them on the east side of the Jordan River.” <a href="/esv/joshua/18.htm">English Standard Version</a> The Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their heritage. And Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.” <a href="/bsb/joshua/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.” <a href="/kjv/joshua/18.htm">King James Bible</a> But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. <a href="/nkjv/joshua/18.htm">New King James Version</a> But the Levites have no part among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.” <a href="/nasb_/joshua/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For the Levites have no portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance eastward beyond the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.” <a href="/nasb/joshua/18.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For the Levites have no portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance eastward beyond the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/joshua/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For the Levites have no portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance eastward beyond the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.” <a href="/lsb/joshua/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For the Levites have no portion among you because the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance. Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance eastward beyond the Jordan, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them.” <a href="/amp/joshua/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But the Levites have no portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance eastward beyond the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.” <a href="/csb/joshua/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> But the Levites among you do not get a portion, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the LORD’s servant gave them.” <a href="/hcsb/joshua/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But the Levites among you do not get a portion, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the LORD&#8217s servant gave them.&#8221 <a href="/asv/joshua/18.htm">American Standard Version</a> For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them. <a href="/erv/joshua/18.htm">English Revised Version</a> For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. <a href="/gwt/joshua/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Levi's tribe has no separate region among you, because their inheritance is to serve the LORD as priests. The tribes of Gad and Reuben and half of the tribe of Manasseh have received the inheritance that the LORD's servant Moses gave them on the east side of the Jordan River." <a href="/gnt/joshua/18.htm">Good News Translation</a> The Levites, however, will not receive a share of the land with the rest of you, because their share is to serve as the LORD's priests. And of course, the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and East Manasseh have already received their land east of the Jordan, which Moses, the LORD's servant, gave to them." <a href="/isv/joshua/18.htm">International Standard Version</a> The descendants of Levi have no allotment among you, since the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh received their inheritance to the east, beyond the Jordan River given to them by Moses the servant of the LORD." <a href="/msb/joshua/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.? <a href="/net/joshua/18.htm">NET Bible</a> But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the LORD. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land east of the Jordan which Moses the LORD's servant assigned them." <a href="/nheb/joshua/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them." <a href="/wbt/joshua/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. And Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. <a href="/web/joshua/18.htm">World English Bible</a> However, the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joshua/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for there is no portion for the Levites in your midst, for the priesthood of YHWH [is] their inheritance, and Gad, and Reuben, and half of the tribe of Manasseh received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses, servant of YHWH, gave to them.” <a href="/ylt/joshua/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for there is no portion to the Levites in your midst, for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance, and Gad, and Reuben, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses servant of Jehovah gave to them.' <a href="/slt/joshua/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> But not a portion to the Levites in the midst of you; for the priesthood of Jehovah their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh took their inheritance from beyond Jordan from the sunrising, which Moses gave to them, the servant of Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joshua/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For the Levites have no part among you, but the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad and Ruben, and the half tribe of Manasses have already received their possessions beyond the Jordan eastward: which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them. <a href="/cpdv/joshua/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But there is no portion among you for the Levites. Instead, the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad and Reuben, and the one half tribe of Manasseh, have already received their possessions beyond the Jordan in the eastern region, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave to them.” <a href="/nabre/joshua/18.htm">New American Bible</a> For the Levites have no share among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their heritage; while Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received the heritage east of the Jordan which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave them.” <a href="/nrsvce/joshua/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their heritage; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joshua/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance; and Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. <a href="/hpbt/joshua/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because there is not a division for the Levites among you, for its priesthood is of LORD JEHOVAH, their inheritance. Gad and Rubil and half a tribe of Menasheh have taken their inheritance at the crossing of Jordan from the east that Moshe, the Servant of LORD JEHOVAH, gave to them<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joshua/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.' <a href="/sep/joshua/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For the sons of Levi have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is his portion; and Gad, and Ruben, and the half tribe of Manasse, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave to them. <a href="/parallel/joshua/18-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=4584" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joshua/18.htm">The Remainder Divided</a> …6When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God. 7<a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: lal·wî·yim (Prep-l:: N-proper-mp) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">The Levites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">however,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên- (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">have no</a> <a href="/hebrew/2506.htm" title="2506: ḥê·leq (N-ms) -- Portion, tract, territory. From chalaq; properly, smoothness; also an allotment.">portion</a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: bə·qir·bə·ḵem (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">among you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/5159.htm" title="5159: na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- From nachal; properly, something inherited, i.e. occupancy, or an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion.">their inheritance</a> <a href="/hebrew/3550.htm" title="3550: ḵə·hun·naṯ (N-fsc) -- Priesthood. From kahan; priesthood.">is the priesthood</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1410.htm" title="1410: wə·ḡāḏ (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- From guwd; Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet.">And Gad,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7205.htm" title="7205: ū·rə·’ū·ḇên (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- From the imperative of ra'ah and ben; see ye a son; Reuben, a son of Jacob.">Reuben,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2677.htm" title="2677: wa·ḥă·ṣî (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Half. From chatsah; the half or middle.">and half</a> <a href="/hebrew/7626.htm" title="7626: šê·ḇeṭ (N-msc) -- Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe. From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. a stick Or a clan.">the tribe</a> <a href="/hebrew/4519.htm" title="4519: ham·naš·šeh (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- From nashah; causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">of Manasseh</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lā·qə·ḥū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">have already received</a> <a href="/hebrew/5159.htm" title="5159: na·ḥă·lā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- From nachal; properly, something inherited, i.e. occupancy, or an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion.">the inheritance</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘e·ḇeḏ (N-msc) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">the servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯan (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">gave</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5676.htm" title="5676: mê·‘ê·ḇer (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Region across or beyond, side. From abar; properly, a region across; but used only adverbially on the opposite side.">beyond</a> <a href="/hebrew/3383.htm" title="3383: lay·yar·dên (Prep-l, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- The principal river of Pal. From yarad; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine.">the Jordan</a> <a href="/hebrew/4217.htm" title="4217: miz·rā·ḥāh (N-ms:: 3fs) -- Place of sunrise, the east. From zarach; sunrise, i.e. The east.">to the east.”</a> 8As the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/numbers/18-20.htm">Numbers 18:20-24</a> Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites. / Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting. / No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/10-9.htm">Deuteronomy 10:9</a> That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him. <a href="/deuteronomy/18-1.htm">Deuteronomy 18:1-2</a> The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance. / Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them. <a href="/numbers/35-2.htm">Numbers 35:2-8</a> “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities. / The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock. / The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side. ... <a href="/ezekiel/44-28.htm">Ezekiel 44:28</a> In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession. <a href="/joshua/13-14.htm">Joshua 13:14</a> To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The food offerings to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them. <a href="/joshua/13-33.htm">Joshua 13:33</a> To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them. <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a> But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. <a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Hebrews 7:5</a> Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham. <a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm">1 Corinthians 9:13-14</a> Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings? / In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel. <a href="/revelation/1-6.htm">Revelation 1:6</a> who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen. <a href="/revelation/5-10.htm">Revelation 5:10</a> You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.” <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a> Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. <a href="/nehemiah/13-10.htm">Nehemiah 13:10-14</a> I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields. / So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts, / and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms. ... <a href="/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54-81</a> Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them: / They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands. / But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.the Levites<a href="/joshua/13-14.htm">Joshua 13:14,33</a> Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them… <a href="/numbers/18-20.htm">Numbers 18:20,23</a> And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel… <a href="/deuteronomy/10-9.htm">Deuteronomy 10:9</a> Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.and Gad<a href="/joshua/13-8.htm">Joshua 13:8-31</a> With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; … <a href="/numbers/32-29.htm">Numbers 32:29-41</a> And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: … <a href="/deuteronomy/3-12.htm">Deuteronomy 3:12-17</a> And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/17-10.htm">East</a> <a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">Eastward</a> <a href="/joshua/14-3.htm">Half</a> <a href="/joshua/14-3.htm">Half-Tribe</a> <a href="/joshua/18-4.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/joshua/17-13.htm">However</a> <a href="/joshua/18-4.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/joshua/17-5.htm">Jordan</a> <a href="/joshua/14-4.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/joshua/17-17.htm">Manasseh</a> <a href="/joshua/17-4.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/joshua/17-14.htm">Part</a> <a href="/joshua/17-14.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-6.htm">Priesthood</a> <a href="/joshua/18-2.htm">Received</a> <a href="/joshua/15-6.htm">Reuben</a> <a href="/joshua/14-7.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/joshua/18-4.htm">Tribe</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/18-20.htm">East</a> <a href="/joshua/19-12.htm">Eastward</a> <a href="/joshua/21-5.htm">Half</a> <a href="/joshua/21-5.htm">Half-Tribe</a> <a href="/joshua/18-11.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/joshua/22-19.htm">However</a> <a href="/joshua/18-20.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/joshua/18-12.htm">Jordan</a> <a href="/joshua/21-1.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/joshua/20-8.htm">Manasseh</a> <a href="/joshua/20-2.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/joshua/18-15.htm">Part</a> <a href="/joshua/18-10.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-27.htm">Priesthood</a> <a href="/joshua/19-9.htm">Received</a> <a href="/joshua/18-17.htm">Reuben</a> <a href="/joshua/22-2.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/joshua/18-11.htm">Tribe</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 18</div>1. <a href="/joshua/18-1.htm">The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh</a> 2. <a href="/joshua/18-2.htm">The remainder of the land is described, and divided into seven parts</a> 10. <a href="/joshua/18-10.htm">Joshua distributes it by lot</a> 11. <a href="/joshua/18-11.htm">The lot and border of Benjamin</a> 21. <a href="/joshua/18-21.htm">Their cities</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Their inheritance was the priesthood, serving in the Tabernacle and later the Temple. This reflects their unique role in Israelite society as mediators between God and the people. <a href="/numbers/18-20.htm">Numbers 18:20-24</a> explains that the Lord Himself is their inheritance, and they were supported by the tithes and offerings of the other tribes.because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD The priesthood was a sacred duty, emphasizing the Levites' role in maintaining the spiritual health of the nation. This inheritance was not material but spiritual, highlighting the importance of their service. The priesthood points to Jesus Christ, our High Priest, who mediates the new covenant (<a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Hebrews 4:14-16</a>).And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance These tribes chose land east of the Jordan River, as recorded in <a href="/numbers/32.htm">Numbers 32</a>. Their decision was based on the suitability of the land for their livestock. This choice required them to assist the other tribes in conquering Canaan before settling, demonstrating unity and responsibility within the nation.that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them Moses, as the leader and prophet, allocated these lands before his death. His role as a servant of the Lord underscores his obedience and faithfulness in leading Israel. This allocation fulfilled part of God's promise to Abraham regarding the land (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>).beyond the Jordan to the east The land east of the Jordan, known as Transjordan, included territories like Gilead and Bashan. This area was strategically important and fertile, providing resources and protection. The division of land reflects God's provision and the fulfillment of His promises to the patriarchs.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a> The tribe of Levi, set apart for religious duties and service to God. They did not receive a land inheritance like the other tribes because their inheritance was the priesthood itself. 2. <a href="/topical/g/gad,_reuben,_and_the_half-tribe_of_manasseh.htm">Gad, Reuben, and the Half-Tribe of Manasseh</a> These tribes received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan River, as granted by Moses. Their settlement was outside the main land of Canaan. 3. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The servant of the LORD who led the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness. He allocated the land east of the Jordan to these tribes before his death. 4. <a href="/topical/p/priesthood_of_the_lord.htm">Priesthood of the LORD</a> The special role and service assigned to the Levites, which was considered their inheritance instead of land. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jordan_river.htm">Jordan River</a> A significant geographical boundary for the Israelites, marking the division between the land east of the Jordan and the main territory of Canaan.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_inheritance.htm">Understanding Inheritance</a> The Levites' inheritance was not material but spiritual, emphasizing the value of spiritual blessings over earthly possessions. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_service.htm">Role of Service</a> The Levites' role highlights the importance of serving God and the community, a calling that transcends material wealth. <a href="/topical/c/contentment_in_god's_provision.htm">Contentment in God's Provision</a> The tribes of Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh were content with their inheritance outside the main land, teaching us to be content with what God provides. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_identity.htm">Spiritual Identity</a> Just as the Levites' identity was tied to their service, believers today are called to find their identity in Christ and their role in His kingdom. <a href="/topical/u/unity_and_diversity_in_god's_plan.htm">Unity and Diversity in God's Plan</a> The distribution of land and roles among the tribes shows God's diverse plan for His people, where each has a unique purpose and place.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 18</a> <a href="/q/why_no_land_for_levites_in_joshua_18_7.htm">Joshua 18:7 – Why does the text claim the Levites received no land allotment here, yet other passages (e.g., Numbers 35) suggest they inhabited specific cities? </a> <a href="/q/names_and_meanings_of_israel's_tribes.htm">What are the names and meanings of Israel's twelve tribes?</a> <a href="/q/do_joshua_21_cities_conflict_with_14-20.htm">Do the cities assigned in Joshua 21 conflict with the earlier tribal boundaries in Joshua 14–20? </a> <a href="/q/why_swift_response_in_joshua_22_12.htm">Why does Joshua 22:12 describe such a swift and violent response if the tribes' intentions were innocent, yet no physical confrontation ultimately ensued?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - But the Levites (see <a href="/joshua/13-14.htm">Joshua 13:14, 33</a>). The priesthood of the Lord. An equivalent expression to that in ch. 13. Here the office of the priesthood, there, more accurately, the sacrifices which it was the privilege of that tribe to offer up, are said to be the possession of the tribe of Levi. By cities. It was evidently not a land survey, entering into such particulars as the physical conditions of the ground, its fitness for agriculture, for pasture and the like. The division was made by cities. These cities had been taken and destroyed by Joshua, and now it was the intention of the Israelites to be guided by the ancient political system of the country, to occupy those cities, and to cultivate the adjacent land, as the Phoenicians had done before them. Thus, not so much the area of the land, as the size and importance of its cities, was to be the leading principle of the division. And not unwisely. The Israelites were about to relinquish their nomad life, and if they settled in Palestine, how, without walled cities, could they hold their own against the powerful nations round about them? And came again to Joshua. "The result of this examination, which was unquestionably a more careful one than that made by the spies of Moses, was that the unsubdued territory was found to be too small for the wants of seven tribes, while that apportioned to Judah was seen to be disproportionately large. To remedy this difficulty a place was found for Benjamin between Judah and Ephraim, and the portion of Simeon was taken out of the southern portion of Judah, while both Judah and Ephraim had to give up some cities to Dan" (Ritter). <a href="/commentaries/joshua/18-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The Levites, לַלְוִיִּם֙ (lal·wî·yim) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> Levites -- descendant of Levi however, כִּ֠י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction have no אֵֽין־ (’ên-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle portion חֵ֤לֶק (ḥê·leq) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2506.htm">Strong's 2506: </a> Portion, tract, territory among you, בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֔ם (bə·qir·bə·ḵem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> The nearest part, the center because כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction their inheritance נַחֲלָת֑וֹ (na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5159.htm">Strong's 5159: </a> Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion is the priesthood כְהֻנַּ֥ת (ḵə·hun·naṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3550.htm">Strong's 3550: </a> Priesthood of the LORD. יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel And Gad, וְגָ֡ד (wə·ḡāḏ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1410.htm">Strong's 1410: </a> Gad -- a son of Jacob, also his tribe and its territory, also a prophet Reuben, וּרְאוּבֵ֡ן (ū·rə·’ū·ḇên) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7205.htm">Strong's 7205: </a> Reuben -- 'behold a son!' oldest son of Jacob, also his desc and half וַחֲצִי֩ (wa·ḥă·ṣî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2677.htm">Strong's 2677: </a> The half, middle the tribe שֵׁ֨בֶט (šê·ḇeṭ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7626.htm">Strong's 7626: </a> Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe of Manasseh הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֜ה (ham·naš·šeh) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4519.htm">Strong's 4519: </a> Manasseh -- 'causing to forget', a son of Joseph, also a king of Judah, also two Israelites have already received לָקְח֣וּ (lā·qə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take the inheritance נַחֲלָתָ֗ם (na·ḥă·lā·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5159.htm">Strong's 5159: </a> Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion that אֲשֶׁר֙ (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that Moses מֹשֶׁ֖ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver the servant עֶ֥בֶד (‘e·ḇeḏ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant of the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel gave נָתַ֣ן (nā·ṯan) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set them לָהֶ֔ם (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_0.htm">Strong's 0: </a> 0 beyond מֵעֵ֤בֶר (mê·‘ê·ḇer) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5676.htm">Strong's 5676: </a> A region across, on the opposite side the Jordan לַיַּרְדֵּן֙ (lay·yar·dên) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3383.htm">Strong's 3383: </a> Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine to the east.? מִזְרָ֔חָה (miz·rā·ḥāh) Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4217.htm">Strong's 4217: </a> Place of sunrise, the east <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/18-7.htm">Joshua 18:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joshua/18-7.htm">Joshua 18:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joshua/18-7.htm">Joshua 18:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joshua/18-7.htm">Joshua 18:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joshua/18-7.htm">Joshua 18:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/18-7.htm">Joshua 18:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/18-7.htm">Joshua 18:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/18-7.htm">Joshua 18:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/18-7.htm">Joshua 18:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joshua/18-7.htm">Joshua 18:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joshua/18-7.htm">OT History: Joshua 18:7 For the Levites have no portion among (Josh. 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