The Inheritance West of the Jordan
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These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which l Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit.
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Their inheritance was m by lot, just as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.
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n For Moses had given an inheritance to the two and one-half tribes beyond the Jordan, o but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
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For p the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance.
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The people of Israel did q as the Lord commanded Moses; they allotted the land.
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Cross References
Joshua 17:4
They approached Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the leaders and said, "The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance along with our brothers." So according to the mouth of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
Joshua 21:1
Then the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.
Numbers 34:17 - 18
These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.
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Cross References
Numbers 26:56
Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller.
Numbers 33:54
You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.
Numbers 34:13
Moses commanded the people of Israel, saying, "This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe.
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Cross References
Joshua 13:8
With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them:
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Cross References
Joshua 13:33
But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the Lord God of Israel is their inheritance, just as he said to them.
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Cross References
Genesis 48:5
And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
1 Chronicles 5:1 - 2
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel ( for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son.
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Cross References
Joshua 21:2
And they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, "The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in, along with their pasturelands for our livestock.
Numbers 35:1 - 2
The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying.
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