Joshua 14:3

3 For Moses had given [an] inheritance of [the] two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

Joshua 14:3 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 14:3

And Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes, and an half
tribe, on the other side Jordan
The two tribes of Gad and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, whose inheritance is described in ( Joshua 13:8-33 ) :

but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them;
this is frequently observed, that it might be taken notice of, to show the disinterestedness of Moses in this affair, Levi being his own tribe; and to recommend the care of the Levites to the other tribes, according to the provision God had made for them.

Joshua 14:3 In-Context

1 These [are the territories] that the {Israelites} inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the {Israelites} gave as an inheritance to them.

2 Their inheritance [was] by lot, just as Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

3 For Moses had given [an] inheritance of [the] two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

4 For the descendants of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they did not give a plot of ground to the Levites in the land, only cities to live [in], with their pastureland for their flocks and for their goods.

5 Just as Yahweh commanded Moses, so the {Israelites} did; and they allotted the land.