Holy Scripture

Joshua 13:14

A church father on this verse
“Neither Moses nor Jesus [Joshua], however, gave an inheritance to the Levites, because "the Lord God himself is their inheritance." What else can we understand by this, except that in the church of the Lord there are certain persons who precede all the rest by the strength of their spirit and on account of their merit…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 17.2

Source: Septuagint

Original

14Only no inheritance was given to the tribe of Levi: the Lord God of Israel, he is their inheritance, as the Lord said to them; and this is the division which Moses made to the children of Israel in Araboth Moab, on the other side of Jordan, by Jericho.

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12All the kingdom of Og in the region of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei: he was left of the giants; and Moses smote him, and destroyed him.

13But the children of Israel destroyed not the Geshurite and the Maacathite and the Canaanite; and the king of the Geshurite and the Maacathite dwelt among the children of Israel until this day.

— Joshua 13:14 —

15And Moses gave the land to the tribe of Reuben according to their families.

16And their borders were from Aroer, which is opposite the brook of Arnon, and theirs is the city that is in the Valley of Arnon; and all Misor,

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