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The leaders used lots to decide which parts of the land God had chosen for each of the 9½ tribes. This is what the Lord had told Moses to do. Moses had already given land east of the Jordan River to the other 2½ tribes. But he had not given any land to the Levites. The descendants of Joseph had now become two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim.[a] The leaders gave the Levites towns to live in, with enough land near them to feed their animals.

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  1. 14:4 Manasseh and Ephraim were Joseph's sons.