“These are the inheritances which Moshe distributed in the plains of Mo’av, beyond the Yarden and Yericho, eastward. But to the tribe of Levi Moshe gave no inheritance; Adonai the God of Israel is their inheritance — as he told them.”-Joshua 13:32-33 Some of you might be wondering… …”Why are we spending all this freakin’ […]

“Moshe gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of the M’nasheh; it was for the half-tribe of the descendants of M’nasheh by clans. Their territory included Machanayim and all of Bashan — that is, all the kingdom of ‘Og king of Bashan; all the villages of Ya’ir in Bashan, sixty cities; half of Gil‘ad; and ‘Ashtarot […]

“Moshe gave land to the tribe of the descendants of Re’uven by clans. Their territory included ‘Aro‘er on the edge of the Arnon Valley, the city in the middle of the valley, all the plateau near Meidva, Heshbon and its villages on the plateau, Divon, Bamot-Ba‘al, Beit-Ba‘al-M‘on, Yahatz, K’demot, Mefa‘at, Kiryatayim, Sivmah, Tzeret-Shachar at the […]

“Only to the tribe of Levi did Moshe give no inheritance; because the offerings made by fire for Adonai the God of Israel are its inheritance; as [Adonai] had said to Moshe.”-Joshua 13:14 Yesterday, we broached the topic of why the Levites were to receive ZERO land inheritance and instead… …why they were to receive […]

“Only to the tribe of Levi did Moshe give no inheritance; because the offerings made by fire for Adonai the God of Isra’el are its inheritance; as [Adonai] had said to Moshe.”-Joshua 13:14 From verse 14, we’re told the Levites were NOT to receive any land inheritance. Now let me pause for a second and […]