THEOSISJoshua 13:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But to the tribe of Levi he gave no possession: but the sacrifices and victims of thee Lord God of Israel, are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.
רַ֚ק לְשֵׁ֣בֶט הַלֵּוִ֔י לֹ֥א נָתַ֖ן נַחֲלָ֑ה אִשֵּׁ֨י יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ ה֣וּא נַחֲלָת֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־לֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Num 18:20And the Lord said to Aaron: You shall possess nothing in their land, neither shall you have a portion among them: I am thy portion and inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.
- Num 18:24But be content with the oblation or tithes, which I have separated for their uses and necessities.
- Josh 14:3For to two tribes and a half Moses had given possession beyond the Jordan: besides the Levites, who received no land among their brethren:
- Josh 14:4But in their place succeeded the children of Joseph divided into two tribes, of Manasses and Ephraim: neither did the Levites receive other portion of land, but cities to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed their beasts and flocks.
- Deut 18:1The priests and Levites, and all that are of the same tribe, shall have no part nor inheritance with the rest of Israel, because they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord, and his oblations,
- Deut 18:2And they shall receive nothing else of the possession of their brethren: for the Lord himself is their inheritance, as he hath said to them.
- Deut 10:9Wherefore Levi hath no part nor possession with his brethren: because the Lord himself is his possession, as the Lord thy God promised him.
- Deut 12:19Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land.