Joshua 18:7

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.”

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WEBBE

However, the Levites have no portion amongst you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.”

BSB

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.”

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

For the Levites have no part among you; to be the Lord's priests is their heritage; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have had their heritage on the east side of Jordan, given to them by Moses, the servant of the Lord.

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כִּי ki for H3588 אֵין־ 'ein- not H369 חֵלֶק che·lek a portion H2506 לַלְוִיִּם lal·vi·yim [will belong] to the Levites H3881 בְּקִרְבְּכֶם be·kir·be·khem in midst your H7130 כִּי־ ki- for H3588 כְהֻנַּת khe·hu·nat [is] [the] priesthood of H3550 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 נַחֲלָתוֹ na·cha·la·to inheritance its H5159 וְגָד ve·gad and Gad H1410 וּרְאוּבֵן u·re·'u·ven and Reuben H7205 וַחֲצִי va·cha·tzi and [the] half of H2677 שֵׁבֶט she·vet [the] tribe of H7626 הַמְנַשֶּׁה ham·na·sheh (the) Manasseh H4519 לָקְחוּ la·ke·chu they have received H3947 נַחֲלָתָם na·cha·la·tam inheritance their H5159 מֵעֵבֶר me·'e·ver from [the] other side H5676 לַיַּרְדֵּן lai·yar·den of the Jordan H3383 מִזְרָחָה miz·ra·chah east -ward H4217 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 נָתַן na·tan he gave H5414 לָהֶם la·hem to (the) them H9038 מֹשֶׁה mo·sheh Moses H4872 עֶבֶד 'e·ved [the] servant of H5650 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 2–10

After a year or more, Joshua blamed their slackness, and told them how to proceed. God, by his grace, has given us a title to a good land, the heavenly Canaan, but we are slack to take possession of it; we enter not into that rest, as we might by faith, and hope, and holy joy. How long shall it be thus with us? How long shall we thus stand in our own light, and forsake our own mercies for lying vanities? Joshua stirs the Israelites up to take possession of their lots. He is ready to do his part, if they will do theirs.

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Cross-references

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People & places

ReubenMosesManassehGad Jordan

Topics

Minister, ChristianPriestLevitesReubenites

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.