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Because the sons of Joseph had been divided into two tribes, namely, Manasseh and Ephraim, the Levites did not receive a tribal territory in the land. They did, however, receive cities to live in along with the cities’ pasturelands for their cattle and property.[a] Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, that is what the people of Israel did when they apportioned the land.

Judah Caleb’s Request

When the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal, Caleb son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, said this to him:

You know what the Lord spoke to Moses, the man of God, concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 14:4 That is, there were already a total of twelve tribal allotments without granting a tribal allotment for Levi. Levi’s inheritance, therefore, was within the territory of other tribes.