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 

[18:7]  ¹ tn Or “the priesthood of the Lord.”

[18:7]  ² tn Or “inheritance.”

[22:25]  ³ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[22:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “fearing.”

[22:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

[22:27]  ⁷ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:27]  ⁸ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”