约书亚记 18:7

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

利未人在你們中間沒有業分，因為耶和華祭司的職分就是他們的產業。迦得支派、流本支派和瑪拿西半個支派，已經在約旦河東得了產業，就是耶和華的僕人摩西分給他們的。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
利 未 人 在 你 们 中 间 没 有 分 ， 因 为 供 耶 和 华 祭 司 的 职 任 就 是 他 们 的 产 业 。 迦 得 支 派 、 流 便 支 派 ， 和 玛 拿 西 半 支 派 已 经 在 约 但 河 东 得 了 地 业 ， 就 是 耶 和 华 仆 人 摩 西 所 给 他 们 的 。

Contextual Overview

² But there were still seven tribes of Israel that had not yet received their land. ³ So Joshua said to the Israelites: "Why do you wait so long to take your land? The Lord , the God of your ancestors, has given this land to you. ⁴ Choose three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to study the land. They will describe in writing the land their tribe wants as its share, and then they will come back to me. ⁵ They will divide the land into seven parts. The people of Judah will keep their land in the south, and the people of Joseph will keep their land in the north. ⁶ You should describe the seven parts of land in writing and bring what you have written to me. Then I will throw lots in the presence of the Lord our God. ⁷ But the Levites do not get any part of these lands, because they are priests, and their work is to serve the Lord . Gad, Reuben, and East Manasseh have received the land promised to them, which is east of the Jordan River. Moses, the servant of the Lord , gave it to them." ⁸ So the men who were chosen to map the land started out. Joshua told them, "Go and study the land and describe it in writing. Then come back to me, and I will throw lots in the presence of the Lord here in Shiloh." ⁹ So the men left and went into the land. They described in a scroll each town in the seven parts of the land. Then they came back to Joshua, who was still at the camp at Shiloh. ¹⁰ There Joshua threw lots in the presence of the Lord to choose the lands that should be given to each tribe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Levites: Joshua 13:14, Joshua 13:33, Numbers 18:20, Numbers 18:23, Deuteronomy 10:9, Deuteronomy 18:1, Deuteronomy 18:2

and Gad: Joshua 13:8-31, Numbers 32:29-41, Deuteronomy 3:12-17, Deuteronomy 4:47, Deuteronomy 4:48

Cross-References

Genesis 18:15
Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I didn't laugh." But the Lord said, "No. You did laugh."

Genesis 18:16
Then the men got up to leave and started out toward Sodom. Abraham walked along with them a short time to send them on their way.

Genesis 19:3
But Lot begged them to come, so they agreed and went to his house. Then Lot prepared a meal for them. He baked bread without yeast, and they ate it.

Amos 6:4
You lie on beds decorated with ivory and stretch out on your couches. You eat tender lambs and fattened calves.

Malachi 1:14
"The person who cheats will be cursed. He has a male animal in his flock and promises to offer it, but then he offers to the Lord an animal that has something wrong with it. I am a great king," says the Lord All-Powerful, "and I am feared by all the nations.

Matthew 22:4
"Then the king sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited that my feast is ready. I have killed my best bulls and calves for the dinner, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.'

Luke 15:23
And get our fat calf and kill it so we can have a feast and celebrate.

Luke 15:27
The servant said, ‘Your brother has come back, and your father killed the fat calf, because your brother came home safely.'

Luke 15:30
But your other son, who wasted all your money on prostitutes, comes home, and you kill the fat calf for him!'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the Levites have no part among you,.... And so needed not to send any men out of their tribe to measure the land on their account, and is a reason why the remaining part of the land was to be divided into seven parts only:

for the priesthood of the Lord [is] his inheritance; not only the office, but what appertained to it, all the perquisites of it, the tithes, firstfruits, parts of the sacrifices, c. see Joshua 13:14

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; and so had no share in the division of the land of Canaan, being sufficiently provided for.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 18:7. The priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance — We have already seen that the priests and Levites had the sacrifices, oblations tithes, first-fruits, redemption-money of the firstborn, c., for their inheritance they had no landed possessions in Israel; the LORD was their portion.