Onlyto the tribeof Levihe did not givean inheritance;the offeringsby fireto the LORD,the Godof Israel,are their inheritance,as He spoketo him.
"And it shall be with regard to an inheritancefor them, [that] I am their inheritance;and you shall givethem nopossessionin Israel--I am their possession.
"They shall eatthe grain offering,the sinofferingand the guiltoffering;and everydevotedthingin Israelshall be theirs.
Therefore,Levidoes not havea portionor inheritancewith his brothers;the LORDis his inheritance,justas the LORDyour Godspoketo him.)
"And you shall rejoicebeforethe LORDyour God,you and your sonsand daughters,your maleand femaleservants,and the Levitewhois within your gates,sincehe hasnoportionor inheritancewith you.
"Be carefulthat you do not forsakethe Leviteas longas you livein your land.
But the sonsof Israeldid not dispossessthe Geshuritesor the Maacathites;for Geshurand MaacathliveamongIsraeluntilthisday.
So Mosesgave[an inheritance] to the tribeof the sonsof Reubenaccording to their families.
But to the tribeof Levi,Mosesdid not givean inheritance;the LORD,the Godof Israel,is their inheritance,as He had promisedto them.
"For the Leviteshavenoportionamongyou, becausethe priesthoodof the LORDis their inheritance.Gadand Reubenand the half-tribeof Manassehalso have receivedtheir inheritanceeastwardbeyondthe Jordan,whichMosesthe servantof the LORDgavethem."
