Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 18:20

20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land , neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part , and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

(i. e.) In the land of the children of Israel, mentioned ver. 19. You shall not have a distinct and separate portion of land, as the other tribes shall. The reason of this law was, partly because God would have them wholly devoted to and employed in his service, and therefore free from worldly encumbrances and businesses; partly because God had abundantly provided for them otherwise by tithes and first-fruits and oblations of all sorts; partly because God would have their worldly comfort and happiness depend singly upon him and his service, and so would oblige them to use more zeal and diligence in the advancement of piety, even for their own interest, which was either better or worse as true religion flourished or decayed. See Iudg. 17. 9, 10. and 19. 18. 2 Chron. 13. 9. and 30. 22. and 31. 4. partly that this might be a firm bond of hearty love and affection between the people and their teachers the Levites, who as they performed religious services for the people so they received their subsistence from them; and partly that by this means being dispersed among the several tribes, they might have the better opportunity for teaching and watching over the people, which was their duty, Deut. 33. 10. 2 Chron. 30, 22. Mal. 2. 4, 5, 6, 7.

(i. e.) I have appointed thee a liberal maintenance out of my oblations.

Marginal references: Deut. 1[illegible: 1+ letters]. [illegible: 1+ letters]. & 12. 12. & [illegible: 1 word]. 2. Josh. 13. 14, 33. Ezek▪ [illegible: 1 word]. 28.