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14 Only the tribe of Levites[a] Moses did not give an inheritance; the offerings made by fire to Yahweh the God of Israel are their[b] inheritance, just as he promised to them.[c]

Reuben’s Inheritance

15 Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the descendants[d] of Reuben according to their families. 16 Their territory was from Aroer, which was on the edge of the wadi[e] of Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plateau by Medeba;

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:14 Hebrew “Levite”
  2. Joshua 13:14 Hebrew “his”
  3. Joshua 13:14 Hebrew “he said to him”
  4. Joshua 13:15 Or “sons”
  5. Joshua 13:16 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season

14 But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the food offerings presented to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.(A)

15 This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, according to its clans:

16 The territory from Aroer(B) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba(C)

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