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their heritage by lot, as the Lord had commanded through Moses concerning the remaining nine and a half tribes.(A) To two and a half tribes Moses had already given a heritage beyond the Jordan; to the Levites he had given no heritage among them:(B) the descendants of Joseph formed two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. But the Levites were given no share of the land except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for the herds and flocks.(C)

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Their inheritances were assigned by lot(A) to the nine and a half tribes,(B) as the Lord had commanded through Moses. Moses had granted the two and a half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan(C) but had not granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest,(D) for Joseph’s descendants had become two tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim.(E) The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.(F)

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