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Joshua 18:7 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Joshua 18:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 18 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.”
Joshua 18:7 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 18:7
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance—Levi's 'portion' is God Himself (Numbers 18:20). The Hebrew kehunnat YHWH nachalatam (כְּהֻנַּת יְהוָה נַחֲלָתָם) literally reads 'the priesthood of Yahweh [is] their inheritance.' This paradox: they possess nothing geographically yet possess everything spiritually.Gad, Reuben, and half-Manasseh already received Transjordan territory under Moses (Numbers 32). This verse clarifies the eastern tribes' exclusion from the western land division while affirming Levi's unique calling. Ministers' true reward is...
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Cross-References for Joshua 18:7
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“the God of Israel”
“You shall have no inheritance in their land”
“which Moses gave them”
“If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan”
“according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)”
“which is by the valley of the Arnon”
“[even] all the tribe of Levi”
“and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.”
“and the land of Og king of Bashan”