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Joshua 18:7 KJV
Joshua · chapter 18 · verse 7
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.Joshua 18:7 · King James Version
Joshua 18:7 in context
5And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
6Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
7But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
8And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
9And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inheritancenachălâhproperly, something inheritedH5159 →
- priesthoodkᵉhunnâhpriesthoodH3550 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- ReubenRᵉʼûwbênReuben, a son of JacobH7205 →
- amongqerebproperly, the nearest partH7130 →
- tribeshêbeṭa scionH7626 →
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Here, I. Joshua reproves those tribes which were yet unsettled that they did not bestir themselves to gain a settlement in the land which God had given them. Seven tribes were yet unprovided for, though sure of an inheritance, yet uncertain where it should be, and it seems in no great care about it, Jos 18:2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 2-10