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Matthew Poole and continuators on Joshua 13:14

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

Joshua13:14

14 Onely unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance : the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire , are their inheritance, as he said unto them.

i. e. Moses, as is expressed v. 33.

To wit, in the Land beyond Iordan, where yet a considerable part of the Levites were to have their settled abode. This is mentioned as the reason both why Moses gave all that Land to the Reubenites, and Gadites, and Manassites; and why Ioshua should divide the Land onely into Nine parts and an half, as was said, v. 7. because Levi was otherwise provided for.

Which by a Synecdoche are here put for all those Sacrifices and Oblations, including First fruits and Tithes, which were assigned to the Levites; And this passage is so oft repeated and urged, to prevent those Calumnies and Injuries which God foresaw the Levites were likely to meet with from the Malice, Envy and Covetousness of their Brethren; and to oblige all the other Tribes to a Chearful and Conscionable giving to the Levites their Dues, to which they had as good a Right and Title, as they had to their several Possessions.

Marginal references: Ver. 33.

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