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THE BOOK OF
JOSHUA
CHAPTER 14
  4 For the children of aJoseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their bsuburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

Footnotes
4a
1 Chr. 5: 1 (1-2).
  1 Now the sons of aReuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bbed, his birthright was given unto the csons of dJoseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
Ezek. 47: 13.
  13 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve atribes of Israel: bJoseph shall have two portions.
b
Num. 35: 2 (2-5).
  2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the aLevites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites bsuburbs for the cities round about them.