yichusdik -“The purpose of the land was to serve as a yerusha for b’nei Avrohom, Yitzchok and Yaakov. Yaakov Ovinu had a fine parnossah by Lovon. but he left his fine parnossoh to take his inheritance. Here endeth lesson one.”
Yes, we all know it was a Yerusha, but my point was – what is the purpose? They used the land for Parnossa. This ain’t rocket science.
“You are sure? How? from what source? I not only cited the posuk, I also cited the Kesef Mishna on defending Jews being a milchemes chovah.
of the world: they do not conduct warfare like the rest of Israel, nor do they receive a portion [of the land]
on their behalf, as it says, “I am Your share and Your portion.”
We are talking about all Jews, not specifically Leviim. Did I miss the announcement? Did all of us suddenly become honorary leviim?”
Now you’re just engaging in mind-playing by not quoting the next Rambam in 13:13 -“And not just Shevet Levi can do this -anybody in the world can be just like them…”
From this Rambam we learn that people can sit and learn Torah all day and are exempt from what other Jews have to do.
So therefore the tribes who wanted a Nachla had responsibilities that Levi didn’t have. The tribes who wanted a Nachla over the Jordan river, didn’t want to be like Shevet Levi -that’s why they asked for a Nachla. They didn’t want to learn all day, but they wanted to work. So Moshe Rabbeynu said just because your Nachla will be Ever L’Yardain -you still have to help the rest of Klal Yisroel fight.