Deuteronomy 18:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,”
A short, plain-language explanation of Deuteronomy 18:6 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;”
King James Version · Public Domain“And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah shall choose;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And when the Levite cometh from one of thy cities out of all Israel, where he hath sojourned, and hath come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 18:6 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 35:2“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
- Numbers 35:5You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.
- Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
- Deuteronomy 12:11then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 12:14you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you.
- Deuteronomy 16:2You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.
- Psalms 26:8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- Psalms 84:5Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
- Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- 1 Timothy 3:1This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
- 1 Peter 5:2Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).