Land duties in Numbers 34:15?
What responsibilities accompany receiving land as described in Numbers 34:15?

Responsibilities accompanying the land received in Numbers 34:15:

• Accept God-assigned boundaries east of the Jordan without dispute.

• Fulfill the prior vow to cross the Jordan and fight until all Israel’s tribes have rest (Numbers 32:20-22; Joshua 22:1-4).

• Live in covenant obedience—worship the LORD alone and keep His statutes (Deuteronomy 12:1; 30:15-20).

• Support national worship by providing Levites their cities and tithes (Numbers 35:1-5; 18:21-24).

• Maintain justice, including operating cities of refuge and fair courts (Numbers 35:11-34; Deuteronomy 16:18-20).

• Steward the land through sabbath years and Jubilee release (Leviticus 25:1-24).

• Preserve the inheritance by passing it on within the tribe as God directed (Numbers 36:6-9).

How does Numbers 34:15 define the inheritance for the tribes east of Jordan?
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