Subject: Which 2 tribes destroyed? |
Bible Note: Portion of the Levites. If you are studying the inheritance of the Levites, it is better to read how Joshua divided the inheritance among the tribes. This is recorded in Joshua Chapters 13 to 21. In Chapter 13 the inheritance of the two and a half tribes on the eastern side of Jordan is given. In chapters 15 to 19 the inheritance of the nine and a half tribes on the western side of the Jordan is given. Then if you read Chapter 21 you will see that all the 48 cities given to the Levites by the 12 tribes is mentioned by name. Levi had three sons: 1. Kohath, 2. Gershon 3. Merari (Though the sons of Aaron are of the Kohathites they are mentioned separately. They were chosen to be PRIESTS from among the Levites) See Joshua 21: 4 – 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest, of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of JUDAH, and out of the tribe of SIMEON, and out of the tribe of BENJAMIN, thirteen cities. (13) The rest of the sons of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of EPHRAIM, and out of the tribe of DAN, and out of the half tribe of MANASSEH, ten cities. (10) And the sons of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of ISSACHAR, and out of the tribe of ASHER, and out of the tribe of NAPHTALI, and out of the half tribe of MANASSEH in Bashan, thirteen cities. (13) The sons of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of REUBEN, and out of the tribe of GAD, and out of the tribe of ZEBULUN twelve cities. (12) |