KJV King James Version
And 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.
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Numbers 18:20
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then 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.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, ‘In their land thou dost not inherit, and a portion thou hast not in their midst: I am thy portion, and thine inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel;
Surrounding context — Numbers 18
17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they [are] holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat [for] an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it [is] a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
20 And 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.
21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, [even] the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
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וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֜הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶֽל־H413 · elto(wards)אַהֲרֹ֗ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronבְּאַרְצָם֙H776 · e.retsland: country/planetלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתִנְחָ֔לH5157 · na.chalto inheritוְחֵ֕לֶקH2506 · che.leqportionלֹא־H3808 · lonotיִהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beלְךָ֖H9031 · kayouבְּתוֹכָ֑םH8432 · ta.vekhmidstאֲנִ֤יH589 · a.niIחֶלְקְךָ֙H2506 · che.leqportionוְנַחֲלָ֣תְךָ֔H5159 · na.cha.lahinheritanceבְּת֖וֹךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstבְּנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סH3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
Ezekiel 44:28And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I [am] their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I [am] their possession.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.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.Deuteronomy 18:1-2The 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.Lamentations 3:24The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.Deuteronomy 12:12And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that [is] within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.Deuteronomy 14:27And the Levite that [is] within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.Joshua 14:3For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.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.Psalm 16:5The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.Psalm 142:5I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.Revelation 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.Numbers 18:23-24But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.Psalm 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.Deuteronomy 14:29And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which [are] within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.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.1 Corinthians 3:21-23Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;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.
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