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33 However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance[a] to the Levites; their inheritance[b] is the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed[c] them.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:33 tn Heb “Moses did not assign an inheritance.” The word “land” has been supplied in the translation to clarify what the inheritance consisted of.
  2. Joshua 13:33 tn That is, “their source of food and life.”
  3. Joshua 13:33 tn Or “as he promised”; Heb “as he spoke to.”sn For the background of this observation, see Deut 18:1-2.

33 But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance;(A) the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance,(B) as he promised them.(C)

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