He also decreed that the tribe of Levi should not have a claim to inherit a share of the land. They were to be scattered amongst their brothers. This again clearly contradicts the Halachah which declares invalid any denial of inheritance rights to a brother. The elevation of the status of his grandsons Ephraim and Manasseh to that of their uncles, his rightful heirs, is again not legitimate. The only heirs recognised under Halachah are children where they exist.
Additional heirs deprive children of their due inheritance.
It is possible to find that in three cases, the intentions of Jacob are not to be fulfilled in Messianic times. Even in the Chumash we find that Reuben is always described as the firstborn of Jacob. Levi will have its own and Ephraim and Manasseh will share one as the tribe of Joseph. This restores the position of all the tribes to that of absolute equality. Rashbam comments here that the prophet includes all aspects of tribal rights including land sharing.