The Inheritance West of the Jordan
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These are the areas which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, a which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed as an inheritance to them.
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Their inheritance was b by lot, as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.
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c For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan; but to the Levites he had given no inheritance among them.
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For d the children of Joseph were two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim. And they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except e cities to dwell in, with their common-lands for their livestock and their property.
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f As the LORD had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.
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Cross References
Numbers 34:16 - 29
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying.
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Cross References
Numbers 26:55
But the land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
Numbers 33:54
And you shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance; there everyone's inheritance shall be whatever falls to him by lot. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.
Numbers 34:13
Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: "This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe.
Psalms 16:5
O LORD, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot.
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Cross References
Numbers 32:33
So Moses gave to the children of Gad, to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the surrounding country.
Joshua 13:8
With the other half-tribe the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses had given them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD had given them:
Joshua 13:32
These are the areas which Moses had distributed as an inheritance in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho eastward.
Joshua 13:33
But to the tribe of Levi Moses had given no inheritance; the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as He had said to them.
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Cross References
Genesis 41:51
Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasse...
Genesis 46:20
And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Ma...
Genesis 48:1
Now it came to pass after these things that Jos...
Genesis 48:5
And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, wh...
Numbers 26:28
The sons of Joseph according to their families,...
2 Chronicles 30:1
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and ...
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Cross References
Numbers 35:2 - 8
Command the children of Israel that they give the Levites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession, and you shall also give the Levites common-land around the cities.
Joshua 21:1 - 42
Then the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.
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Cross References
Numbers 35:2
Command the children of Israel that they give the Levites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession, and you shall also give the Levites common-land around the cities.
Joshua 21:2
And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their common-lands for our livestock.
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