Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
1. And the Lord spake unto Moses. Although there was no inheritance assigned to the tribe of Levi, yet it was necessary that they should be supplied with dwelling-places. No lands were given then where they might sow and reap; but by way of compensation the tithes were a sufficient means of subsistence, even after deducting the tithes which were paid to the poor.
And the Lord spake to Moses,.... After he had described the borders of the land, and given instructions about the division of it among the several tribes, and named the persons that should be concerned in parting and putting it into the possession of the Israelites, he makes a provision for the Levites; for though they had no inheritance in the land as a tribe...
These [are they] whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. (g) And be judges over every piece of ground that should fall to any by lot, to the intent that all things might be done orderly and without contention.