Joshua 13 · Verse 33

Joshua 13:33

But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
Joshua 13:33, King James Version

Joshua 13:33 in other translations

BSBTo the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
WEBBut Moses gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.
ASVBut unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Jehovah, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spake unto them.
YLTand to the tribe of Levi Moses gave not an inheritance; Jehovah, God of Israel, Himself is their inheritance, as He hath spoken to them.
DARBYBut to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Jehovah the God of Israel is their inheritance, as he said to them.
BBEBut to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no heritage: the Lord, the God of Israel, is their heritage, as he said to them.
WebsterBut to the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said to them.

What does Joshua 13:33 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 13:7-33

The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's. The world must be governed, not by force, but right. Wherever our habitation is placed, and in whatever honest way our portion is assigned, we should consider them as allotted of God; we should be thankful for, and use them as such, while every prudent method should be used to…

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Joshua 13:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּלְשֵׁ֙בֶט֙u.le.She.vetand to [the] tribe ofH7626
הַלֵּוִ֔יha.le.Vithe Levite[s]H3878
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
נָתַ֥ןna.Tanhe gaveH5414
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
נַחֲלָ֑הna.cha.Lahan inheritanceH5159
יְהוָ֞הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
ה֣וּאhu'heH1931
נַחֲלָתָ֔םna.cha.la.Tam[was] inheritance theirH5159
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
דִּבֶּ֥רdi.Berhe had spokenH1696
לָהֶֽם\׃la.Hemto <the> them

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 13:33

  • Joshua 18:7

    But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance: 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.

  • Joshua 13:14

    Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.

  • Deuteronomy 18:1-2

    The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

  • Deuteronomy 10:9

    Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.

  • Numbers 18:20

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
At verse 14, as well as here, notice is taken, that to the tribe of Levi, "Moses gave no inheritance," for so God had appointed. Nu 18:20. If they had been appointed to a lot entire by themselves, Moses would have served them first, not because it was his own tribe, but because it was God's, but they must be provided for in another manner; their habitation must be scattered in all the tribes, and their maintenance brought out of all the tribes, and God himself was the portion both of their inheritance and of their cup.
18:7; De 10:9; 18:1,2

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Context

  • Joshua 13:32

    These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.

  • Joshua 13:33

    But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.

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Joshua 13:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas á la tribu de Leví no dió Moisés heredad: Jehová Dios de Israel es la heredad de ellos como él les había dicho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais Moïse ne donna point d’héritage à la tribu de Lévi; l’ Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, était leur héritage, comme il le leur avait dit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aber dem Stamme Levi gab Mose kein Erbteil; Jehova, der Gott Israels, ist ihr Erbteil, so wie er zu ihnen geredet hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tribui autem Levi non dedit possessionem: quoniam Dominus Deus Israël ipse est possessio ejus, ut locutus est illi.