“For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.”
Manasseh's unique divided inheritance — For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. Manasseh and Ephraim, the two sons of Joseph, are counted as separate tribes, bringing the total to twelve (when combined with the other ten and excluding Levi). The Levites receive levitical cities but not territorial inheritances. The specification 'suburbs for their cattle and for their substance' establishes the economic support system for the Levites.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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