Deuteronomy 10:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.”
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“That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wherefore Levi hath no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God spake unto him.)”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“therefore there hath not been to Levi a portion and inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah Himself <FI>is<Fi> his inheritance, as Jehovah thy God hath spoken to him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 10:9 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 18:20Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
- Numbers 18:23The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
- Numbers 18:24For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
- Numbers 26:62The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.
- Deuteronomy 12:12And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
- Deuteronomy 14:27And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
- Deuteronomy 14:29Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
- Deuteronomy 18:1The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD; that is their inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 18:2Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
- Joshua 14:3For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.
- Ezekiel 44:28In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.
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