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Contemporary English Version

Deuteronomy 18:2

because he has promised to provide for them in this way.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Levites;   Liberality;   Minister, Christian;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Inheritance;   Land;   Leaders;   Priests;   Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Alms;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Joshua, the Book of;   Tithes;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Inheritance;   Levitical Cities;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Priests and Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Brethren;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   Ezekiel;   Tithe;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Priest;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Although Levi has no inheritance among his brothers, the Lord is his inheritance, as he promised him.
Hebrew Names Version
They shall have no inheritance among their brothers: the LORD is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
King James Version
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
Lexham English Bible
And there shall not be for them an inheritance of land in the midst of his brothers; rather Yahweh is his inheritance, just as he promised to them.
English Standard Version
They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them.
New Century Version
They will not inherit any of the land like their brothers, but they will inherit the Lord himself, as he has promised them.
New English Translation
They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the Lord alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.
Amplified Bible
"They shall have no inheritance [of land] among their countrymen (brothers, brethren); the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
New American Standard Bible
"They shall not have an inheritance among their countrymen; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore shall they haue no inheritance among their brethren: for the Lorde is their inheritance, as he hath sayd vnto them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they shall have no inheritance among their brothers; Yahweh is their inheritance, as He promised them.
Complete Jewish Bible
They will have no inheritance with their brothers, because Adonai is their inheritance — as he has said to them.
Darby Translation
but they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah, he is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
Easy-to-Read Version
The tribe of Levi will not get any share of land like the other tribes. Their share is the Lord himself, as he said to them.
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the LORD is their inheritance, as he has said to them.
Good News Translation
They are to own no land, as the other tribes do; their share is the privilege of being the Lord 's priests, as the Lord has promised.
Literal Translation
And he shall have no inheritance among his brothers. Jehovah Himself is his inheritance, as He has spoken to him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore shal they haue no inheritaunce amonge their brethren, because the LORDE is their enheritauce, as he hath saide vnto the
American Standard Version
And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.
Bible in Basic English
And they will have no heritage among their countrymen: the Lord is their heritage, as he has said to them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore shall they haue no inheritaunce among their brethren: but the Lorde he is their inheritaunce, as he hath sayde vnto them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the LORD is their inheritance, as He hath spoken unto them.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore shall they haue no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said vnto them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself is his portion, as he said to him.
English Revised Version
And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.
Berean Standard Bible
Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thei schulen not take ony othir thing of the possessioun of her britheren; for the Lord hym silf is the `eritage of hem, as he spak to hem.
Young's Literal Translation
and he hath no inheritance in the midst of his brethren; Jehovah Himself [is] his inheritance, as He hath spoken to him.
Update Bible Version
And they shall have no inheritance among their brothers: Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD [is] their inheritance, as he hath said to them.
World English Bible
They shall have no inheritance among their brothers: Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
New King James Version
Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the LORD is their inheritance, as He said to them.
New Living Translation
They will have no land of their own among the Israelites. The Lord himself is their special possession, just as he promised them.
New Life Bible
They will have no share of the land among their brothers. The Lord is their share, as He promised them.
New Revised Standard
but they shall have no inheritance among the other members of the community; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But inheritance, shall he not have, in the midst of his brethren, - Yahweh, is his inheritance, as he spake unto him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall receive nothing else of the possession of their brethren: for the Lord himself is their inheritance, as he hath said to them.
Revised Standard Version
They shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the LORD is their inheritance, as he promised them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They shall have no inheritance among their countrymen; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

Contextual Overview

1 Moses said to Israel: The people of the Levi tribe, including the priests, will not receive any land. Instead, they will receive part of the sacrifices that are offered to the Lord , 2 because he has promised to provide for them in this way. 3 When you sacrifice a bull or sheep, the priests will be given the shoulder, the jaws, and the stomach. 4 In addition, they will receive the first part of your grain harvest and part of your first batches of wine and olive oil. You must also give them the first wool that is cut from your sheep each year. 5 Give these gifts to the priests, because the Lord has chosen them and their descendants out of all the tribes of Israel to be his special servants at the place of worship. 6 Any Levite can leave his hometown, and go to the place where the Lord chooses to be worshiped, 7 and then be a special servant of the Lord there, just like all the other Levites. 8 Some Levites may have money from selling family possessions, and others may not. But all Levites serving at the place of worship will receive the same amount of food from the sacrifices and gifts brought by the people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord: Genesis 15:1, Psalms 16:5, Psalms 73:24-26, Psalms 84:11, Psalms 119:57, Isaiah 61:6, Lamentations 3:24, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:9, Revelation 1:5, Revelation 1:6

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:33 - for the houses Numbers 18:20 - I am thy part Numbers 26:62 - those that Deuteronomy 10:9 - General Deuteronomy 12:12 - forasmuch Deuteronomy 14:27 - he hath no Joshua 13:14 - General Joshua 13:33 - General Joshua 18:7 - the Levites Ezekiel 44:28 - I am their inheritance

Cross-References

Genesis 18:3
and said, "Please come to my home where I can serve you.
Genesis 18:6
Abraham quickly went to his tent and said to Sarah, "Hurry! Get a large sack of flour and make some bread."
Genesis 18:7
After saying this, he rushed off to his herd of cattle and picked out one of the best calves, which his servant quickly prepared.
Genesis 18:11
Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was well past the age for having children.
Genesis 18:16
When the three men got ready to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked part of the way with them.
Genesis 19:1
That evening the two angels arrived in Sodom, while Lot was sitting near the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up, bowed down low,
Genesis 23:7
Abraham bowed down
Genesis 32:24
Afterwards, Jacob went back and spent the rest of the night alone. A man came and fought with Jacob until just before daybreak.
Genesis 43:26
When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought, and they bowed down to him.
Genesis 43:28
They answered, "Your servant our father is still alive and well." And again they bowed down to Joseph.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore shall they have none inheritance among their brethren,.... Neither of the field, nor of the vineyard, as the above Targum, because provision was made for them otherwise, and especially because

the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them,

:-, which as it may be understood in a spiritual sense of their interest in God, as their covenant God, and of their enjoyment of him, and communion with him; so chiefly in a temporal sense of all those things in the sacrifices which the Lord claimed to himself, and these he gave unto them; so the same Targum interprets this of the twenty four gifts of the priesthood, enumerated

Numbers 18:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 18:2. The Lord is their inheritance — He is the portion of their souls; and as to their bodies, they shall live by the offerings of the Lord made by fire, i. e., the meat-offering, the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and whatever was the Lord's right, in these or other offerings, he gave to the priests.


 
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