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Their share was decided upon by drawing names, as the Lord told Moses, for the nine families and the half-family group. For Moses had given land to the two families and the half-family group east of the Jordan. But he did not give land to the Levites among them. Because the sons of Joseph were two families, Manasseh and Ephraim. And they did not give part of the land to the Levites. They only gave them cities to live in, with fields for their animals and whatever they had.

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Their inheritance was (A)by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe. (B)For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan; but to the Levites he had given no inheritance among them. For (C)the children of Joseph were two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim. And they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except (D)cities to dwell in, with their common-lands for their livestock and their property.

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