Bilangan 35:2

35:2 “Instruct the Israelites to give ¹  the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites ²  will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns.

Yosua 13:14

13:14 However, Moses ³  did not assign land as an inheritance ⁴  to the Levites; their inheritance ⁵  is the sacrificial offerings ⁶  made to the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed ⁷  them.

[35:2]  ¹ tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive: “command…and they will give,” or “that they give.”

[35:2]  ² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:14]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “did not assign an inheritance.”

[13:14]  ⁵ tn That is, “their source of food and life.”

[13:14]  ⁶ tn Or “offerings made by fire.”

[13:14]  ⁷ tn Or “promised” (Heb “spoke”).

[13:14]  sn For the background of this observation, see Deut 18:1-2.