Study it in the app“For the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of YHWH is their inheritance; and Gad, Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the servant of YHWH gave them.””
Forכִּיthe Levitesלַלְוִיִּםhave noאֵיןportionחֵלֶקamong you,בְּקִרְבְּכֶםforכִּיthe priesthoodכְהֻנַּתof YHWHיְהוָהistheir inheritance;נַחֲלָתוֹand Gad,וְגָדReuben,וּרְאוּבֵןand the halfוַחֲצִיtribeשֵׁבֶטof Manassehהַמְנַשֶּׁהhave receivedלָקְחוּtheir inheritanceנַחֲלָתָםbeyondמֵעֵבֶרthe Jordanלַיַּרְדֵּןto the east,מִזְרָחָהwhichאֲשֶׁרMosesמֹשֶׁהthe servantעֶבֶדof YHWHיְהוָהgaveנָתַןthem.”לָהֶם
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsportion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelek” appearsmidst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirb” appearspriesthood
Priesthood: the office of a priest.
Where else “chehunat” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsinheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appearsGad
Gad, (1) a son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the tribe that came from him with its land; (2) the prophet who was with David. The name means "good fortune".
Where else “gad” appearsReuben
Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "look, a son!".
Where else “reuven” appearshalf
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevet” appearsManasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appearsaccept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “lakchu” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearseast
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizraach” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearsservant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “eved” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appearsJordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
6And you shall write the land in seven portions and bring it to me here, and I will cast for you a lot here before YHWH our Elohim.
7 · This verse (above)
8So the men rose and went, and Joshua commanded those who were going to write the land, saying, “Go, and walk about through the land, and write it, and return to me; and here I will cast for you a lot before YHWH in Shiloh.”
