YuēShūyàjì 14:4

4 Yīnwei Yūesè de zǐsūn shì liǎng gè zhīpaì , jiù shì Mǎnáxī hé Yǐfǎlián , suǒyǐ méiyǒu bǎ dì fèn gĕi Lìwèi rén , dàn gĕi tāmen chéngyì jūzhù , bìng chéngyì de jiāo yĕ , kĕyǐ mù yǎng tāmende shēngchù , ānzhì tāmende cáiwù .

YuēShūyàjì 14:4 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 14:4

For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and
Ephraim
For the birthright being forfeited by Reuben, was given to Joseph, who had the double portion, the privilege of the firstborn; by which means the number of the twelve tribes was kept up in the division of the land, though that of Levi had no share in it; and which is also a reason why they had none, that Joseph's two sons might be reckoned two tribes:

therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land;
to make way for the sons of Joseph to have the double portion:

save cities to dwell [in];
and that only, for they might not sell them, as other Israelites could theirs:

with their suburbs, for their cattle, and for their substance;
the Targum is,

``for all their beasts, and for their cattle;''

that is, for convenient places to put them into, and for pasturage for, them; which Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret of their larger and lesser cattle, their herds and their flocks, their oxen and sheep.

YuēShūyàjì 14:4 In-Context

2 Shì zhào Yēhéhuá jiè Móxī suǒ fēnfu de , bǎ chǎnyè niānjiū fèn gĕi jiǔ gè bàn zhīpaì .

3 Yuánlái , Móxī zaì Yuēdànhé dōng yǐjing bǎ chǎnyè fèn gĕi nà liǎng gè bàn zhīpaì , zhǐshì zaì tāmen zhōngjiān méiyǒu bǎ chǎnyè fèn gĕi Lìwèi rén .

4 Yīnwei Yūesè de zǐsūn shì liǎng gè zhīpaì , jiù shì Mǎnáxī hé Yǐfǎlián , suǒyǐ méiyǒu bǎ dì fèn gĕi Lìwèi rén , dàn gĕi tāmen chéngyì jūzhù , bìng chéngyì de jiāo yĕ , kĕyǐ mù yǎng tāmende shēngchù , ānzhì tāmende cáiwù .

5 Yēhéhuá zĕnyàng fēnfu Móxī , Yǐsèliè rén jiù zhàoyàng xíng , bǎ dì fèn le .

6 Nàshí , Yóudà rén lái dào Jíjiǎ jiàn Yuēshūyà , yǒu Jīníxǐ zú Yéfúní de érzi Jiālè duì Yuēshūyà shuō , Yēhéhuá zaì Jiādīsībāníyà zhǐ zhe wǒ yǔ nǐ duì shén rén Móxī suǒ shuō de huà , nǐ dōu zhīdào le .