Numbers 18:20-21

Duties of the Levites

18:20 The Lord spoke to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion of property ¹  among them – I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites. 18:21 See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform – the service of the tent of meeting.

Numbers 27:8

27:8 And you must tell the Israelites, ‘If a man dies ²  and has no son, then you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter;

Numbers 32:19

32:19 For we will not accept any inheritance on the other side of the Jordan River ³  and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this eastern side of the Jordan.”

Numbers 34:14

34:14 because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, ⁴  the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.

Numbers 35:2

35:2 “Instruct the Israelites to give ⁵  the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites ⁶  will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns.

Numbers 36:12

36:12 They were married into the families of the Manassehites, the descendants of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father’s family.

[18:20]  ¹ tn The phrase “of property” is supplied as a clarification.

[27:8]  ² tn Heb “a man, if he dies.”

[32:19]  ³ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[34:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “the house of their fathers.” So also a little later in this verse.

[35:2]  ⁵ tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive: “command…and they will give,” or “that they give.”

[35:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.