3 because Moses had given the inheritance to the two and a half tribes beyond the Jordan.(a) But he gave no inheritance among them to the Levites. 4 The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. No portion of the land was given to the Levites except cities to live in, along with pasturelands for their cattle and livestock.

Footnotes:

a. Joshua 14:3: east of the Jordan River

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