Shoftim 18:01 · unit 1

TT #117 · Parashas Shoftim · Third Aliyah · Passuk 18:01

The Complete Passuk

לֹֽא־יִ֠הְיֶה לַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים הַלְוִיִּ֜ם כׇּל־שֵׁ֧בֶט לֵוִ֛י חֵ֥לֶק וְנַחֲלָ֖ה עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִשֵּׁ֧י יְהֹוָ֛ה וְנַחֲלָת֖וֹ יֹאכֵלֽוּן׃

The kohanim, the Leviim, the entire tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Yisrael; they shall eat the fire-offerings of the Eternal and His inheritance.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 163.

TT lemma: לֹא יִהְיֶה לַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 163

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא יִהְיֶה לַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם כׇּל שֵׁבֶט לֵוִי חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל – לְלַמֵּד שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם חֵלֶק בָּאָרֶץ.

English: ‘The kohanim, the Leviim, the entire tribe of Levi shall have no portion or inheritance with Yisrael’ – to teach that they have no share in the Land.

On the daf / in context: Sifrei establishes that the entire tribe of Levi is excluded from territorial inheritance.

Type of Learning

Derash on the exclusion from inheritance (Sifrei) — the verse removes the tribe of Levi from the ordinary division of the Land.

What Is Learned

The tribe of Levi receives no territorial portion in Eretz Yisrael. Their livelihood is tied to the service of Hashem rather than to land ownership.