KJV King James Version
The priests the Levites, [and] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
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Deuteronomy 18:1
The priests the Levites, [and] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance.
WEB World English Bible
The priests the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and his inheritance.
ASV American Standard Version
The priests the Levites, even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and his inheritance.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘There is not to the priests the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—a portion and inheritance with Israel; fire-offerings of Jehovah, even His inheritance, they eat,
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 18
1 The priests the Levites, [and] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD [is] their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
3 And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether [it be] ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
4 The firstfruit [also] of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
לֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיִ֠הְיֶהH1961 · ha.yahto beלַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםH3548 · ko.henpriestהַלְוִיִּ֜םH3881 · le.viy.yiLeviכָּל־H3605 · kolallשֵׁ֧בֶטH7626 · she.vettribe: staffלֵוִ֛יH3878 · le.viLeviחֵ֥לֶקH2506 · che.leqportionוְנַחֲלָ֖הH5159 · na.cha.lahinheritanceעִם־H5973 · imwithיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאִשֵּׁ֧יH801 · ish.shahfood offeringיְהוָ֛הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְנַחֲלָת֖וֹH5159 · na.cha.lahinheritanceיֹאכֵלֽוּן׃H398 · a.khalto eat
Cross-references
Numbers 18:8-9And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.Deuteronomy 10:9Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD [is] his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.1 Corinthians 9:13-14Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live [of the things] of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?Deuteronomy 12:19Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.Numbers 26:62And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.Joshua 13:14Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire [are] their inheritance, as he said unto them.Joshua 13:33But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not [any] inheritance: the LORD God of Israel [was] their inheritance, as he said unto them.Numbers 18:20And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.1 Peter 5:2-4Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;Joshua 18:7But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD [is] their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
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