Joshua 13:14

Joshua 13:14

12 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei, who remained of ^athe remnant of the giants; ^bfor Moses had defeated and cast out these.

13 Nevertheless the children of Israel ^adid not drive out the Geshurites or the Maachathites, but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

14 ^aOnly to the tribe of Levi he had given¹ no inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, ^bas He said to them.

The Land of Reuben

15 ^aAnd Moses had given to the tribe of the children of Reuben an inheritance according to their families.

16 Their territory was ^afrom Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, ^band the city that is in the midst of the ravine, ^cand all the plain by Medeba;

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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He gave - That is, Moses. None inheritance - Namely, in the land beyond Jordan, where yet a considerable part of the Levites were to have their settled abode. This is mentioned as the reason both why Moses gave all that land to the Reubenites and Gadites and Manassites; and why Joshua should divide the land only into nine parts and an half, as was said, Joshua 13:7, because Levi was otherwise provided for. Made by fire - Which are here put for all the sacrifices and oblations, including first - fruits and tithes, that were assigned to the Levites; and this passage is repeated, to prevent those calumnies and injuries which God foresaw the Levites were likely to meet with, from the malice, envy and covetousness of their brethren.

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