Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

And Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes, and an half tribe, on the other side Jordan,.... The two tribes of Gad and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, whose inheritance is described in Joshua 13:8,

but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them; this is frequently observed, that it might be taken notice of, to show the disinterestedness of Moses in this affair, Levi being his own tribe; and to recommend the care of the Levites to the other tribes, according to the provision God had made for them.

Geneva Study Bible

(a) As Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh, (Numbers 32:33).

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

Ver. 3. But unto the Levites.] See Joshua 13:14.

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes, and the half tribe Beyond Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.’

The repetition of this for the third time in a short space (see Joshua 13:14; Joshua 13:33) illustrates the importance that the writer laid on it. The inheritance of the Levites was not given by Moses, it was from God. This was in direct contrast with the Transjordanian tribes whose inheritance was given by Moses. The contrast is deliberate.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Moses

13:8; Numbers 32:29-42; Deuteronomy 3:12-17

but unto

13:14,32,33