Joshua 14:4

The two tribes of the Josephites were Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites received no share of the land, except some towns to live in, with their pastures for cattle and livestock.

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In The King James Version

For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

In Context

3Moses had assigned the other two and a half tribes their property and inheritance to the east of the Jordan, and assigned nothing to the Levites.

5The Israelites, in dividing up the land, acted according to the orders given by the Lord to Moses.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:52He named the second son Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Genesis 48:6But your offspring, which you father after them, will be yours. Their inheritance will come from their older brothers.

Joshua 16:4Such was the property received by the Josephites, that is Manasseh and Ephraim, as their inheritance.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 14:2-6

The Distribution of Canaan. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. 2 By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto… Read the whole commentary →

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