Joshua 18:7

18:7 But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord. ¹  Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land ²  east of the Jordan which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned them.”

Joshua 22:25

22:25 The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ³  In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying ⁴  the Lord.

Joshua 22:27

22:27 but as a reminder to us and you, ⁵  and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence ⁶  with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. ⁷  Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ⁸ 

¹ tn Or “the priesthood of the Lord.”

² tn Or “inheritance.”

³ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

⁴ tn Heb “fearing.”

⁵ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

⁶ tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

⁷ tn Or “peace offerings.”

⁸ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”