Pisqa’ 164125H:195; JN2:35. 1. “An inheritance he shall not have” (Dt.18:2)— within the inheritance of the three [trans-Jordanian tribes, Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh].
“In the midst of his brothers” (Dt.18:2)— nor within the inheritance of the five [Canaanite nations, the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (e.g. Dt.20:17)].
(דברים יח ב) וְנַחֲלָה – זוֹ נַחֲלַת שְׁלֹשָׁה.
Pisqa’ 164125H:195; JN2:35.
1. “An inheritance he shall not have” (Dt.18:2)—
within the inheritance of the three
[trans-Jordanian tribes, Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh].
לֹא יִהְיֶה לּוֹ בְּקֶרֶב אֶחָיו – זוֹ נַחֲלַת חֲמִשָּׁה.
“In the midst of his brothers” (Dt.18:2)—
nor within the inheritance of the five
[Canaanite nations, the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,
Hivites, and Jebusites (e.g. Dt.20:17)].
ה׳ הוּא נַחֲלָתוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לוֹ – לְהַגִּיד מֶה גָרַם.
“HASHEM is his inheritance, as He has promised him” (Dt.18:2)—
this explains the rationale behind
[Levite landlessness].126Cf. SZ, qorakh, 24.