18:20 The Lord spoke to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion of property 3 among them – I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. 9 Though they had subdued the land, 10
5:2 At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.” 11 5:3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins. 12 5:4 This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt. 13
1 sn Levi has no allotment or inheritance. As the priestly tribe, Levi would have no land allotment except for forty-eight towns set apart for their use (Num 35:1-8; Josh 21:1-42). But theirs was a far greater inheritance, for the
2 tn That is, among the other Israelite tribes.
3 tn The phrase “of property” is supplied as a clarification.
4 tn Heb “Moses did not assign an inheritance.” The word “land” has been supplied in the translation to clarify what the inheritance consisted of.
5 tn That is, “their source of food and life.”
6 tn Or “as he promised”; Heb “as he spoke to.”
7 tn Or “the priesthood of the
8 tn Or “inheritance.”
9 tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”
10 tn Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”
11 tn Heb “return, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” The Hebrew term שׁוּב (shuv, “return”) is used here in an adverbial sense to indicate the repetition of an action.
12 tn Or “Gibeath Haaraloth.” This name means “Hill of the Foreskins.” Many modern translations simply give the Hebrew name, although an explanatory note giving the meaning of the name is often included.
13 tn Heb “All the people who went out from Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the desert in the way when they went out from Egypt.”