Numbers 18:20

Complete Jewish Bible

Adonai said to Aharon, "You are not to have any inheritance or portion in their land; I am your portion and inheritance among the people of Isra'el.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said to Aharon, 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 Yisra'el.

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.

Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh said to Aaron, "You will not receive an inheritance in their land, and there will not be a plot of ground for you in the midst of the Israelites.

New Century Version
The Lord also said to Aaron, "You will not inherit any of the land, and you will not own any land among the other people. I will be yours. Out of all the Israelites, only you will inherit me.

New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Aaron, "You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion of property among them—I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

Amplified Bible
Then the LORD said to Aaron, "You shall have no inheritance in the land [of the Israelites], nor have any portion [of land] among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Aaron, "You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lorde sayde vnto Aaron, Thou shalt haue none inheritance in their lande, neyther shalt thou haue any parte among them: I am thy part & thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh said to Aaron, "You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
You will not receive any land in Israel as your own. I am the Lord , and I will give you whatever you need.

Darby Translation
And Jehovah said to Aaron, In their land thou shalt have no inheritance, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord also said to Aaron, "You will not get any of the land. And you will not own anything that the other people own. I myself will be yours. The Israelites will get the land that I promised, but I am my gift to you.

English Standard Version
And the Lord 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 people of Israel.

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them; but your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel shall be the gift offerings and the holy things of the LORD.

Good News Translation
The Lord said to Aaron, "You will not receive any property that can be inherited, and no part of the land of Israel will be assigned to you. I, the Lord , am all you need."

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord told Aaron, “You will not have an inheritance in their land; there will be no portion among them for you. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE sayde vnto Aaro: Thou shalt inheret nothinge in their londe, ner haue eny porcio amonge them: for I am yi porcion, and thine enheritaunce amoge the children of Israel.

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.

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Aaron, You will have no heritage in their land, or any part among them; I am your part and your heritage among the children of Israel.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And ye Lord spake vnto Aaron: Thou shalt haue no inheritauce in their lande, neither shalt thou haue any part amog them: I am thy part & thy inheritaunce among the children of Israel.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD 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.

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Aaron, Thou shalt haue no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou haue any part among them: I am thy part, and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them; for I am thy portion and thine inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.

English Revised Version
And the LORD 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.

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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide to Aaron, Ye schulen not welde ony thing in the lond of hem, nether ye schulen haue part among hem; Y am thi part and erytage, in the myddis of the sones of Israel.

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;

Update Bible Version
And 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 sons of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part and thy inheritance among the children of Israel.

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.

New King James Version
Then the LORD said to Aaron: "You shall have no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

New Living Translation
And the Lord said to Aaron, "You priests will receive no allotment of land or share of property among the people of Israel. I am your share and your allotment.

New Life Bible
Then the Lord said to Aaron, "You will have no share in their land. You will not own any part of land among them. I am your part and your share among the people of Israel.

New Revised Standard
Then the Lord said to Aaron: You shall have no allotment in their land, nor shall you have any share among them; I am your share and your possession among the Israelites.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Yahweh unto Aaron: In their land, thou shalt have no inheritance, and no allotted portion, shalt thou have in their midst, - I, am thine allotted portion and thine inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to Aaron: You shall possess nothing in their land, neither shall you have a portion among them: I am thy portion and inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD 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 people of Israel.

THE MESSAGE
God said to Aaron, "You won't get any inheritance in land, not so much as a small plot of ground: I am your plot of ground, I am your inheritance among the People of Israel.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD said to Aaron, "You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.

Contextual Overview

²⁰ Adonai said to Aharon, "You are not to have any inheritance or portion in their land; I am your portion and inheritance among the people of Isra'el. ²¹ (vii) "To the descendants of Levi I have given the entire tenth of the produce collected in Isra'el. It is their inheritance in payment for the service they render in the tent of meeting. ²² From now on, the people of Isra'el are not to approach the tent of meeting, so that they will not bear the consequences of their sin and die. ²³ Only the L'vi'im are to perform the service in the tent of meeting, and they will be responsible for whatever they do wrong. This is to be a permanent regulation through all your generations. They are to have no inheritance among the people of Isra'el, ²⁴ because I have given to the L'vi'im as their inheritance the tenths of the produce which the people of Isra'el set aside as a gift for Adonai . This is why I have said to them that they are to have no inheritance among the people of Isra'el." ²⁵ Adonai said to Moshe, ²⁶ "Tell the L'vi'im, ‘When you take from the people of Isra'el the tenth of the produce which I have given you from them as your inheritance, you are to set aside from it a gift for Adonai , one tenth of the tenth. ²⁷ The gift you set aside will be accounted to you as if it were grain from the threshing-floor and grape juice from the wine vat. ²⁸ In this way you will set aside a gift for Adonai from all your tenths that you receive from the people of Isra'el, and from these tenths you are to give to Aharon the cohen the gift set aside for Adonai . ²⁹ From everything given to you, you are to set aside all that is due Adonai , the best part of it, its holy portion.'

Bible Verse Review
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Thou shalt have: The principal part of what was offered to God was the portion of the priests; who had no inheritance of land in Israel. The Rabbins say, 24 gifts were given to the priests; all of which are expressed in the law.

Sacrificial Gifts Eaten only in the sanctuary 1. The flesh of the sin-offering Leviticus 6:25, Leviticus 6:26, 2. The flesh of the trespass-offering Leviticus 7:1, Leviticus 7:6, 3. The peace-offering of the congregation Leviticus 23:19, Leviticus 23:20, 4. The remainder of the sheaf Leviticus 23:10, 5. The remnants of the meat-offerings Leviticus 6:16, 6. The two loaves Leviticus 23:17, 7. The shew-bread Leviticus 24:9, 8. The log of oil offered by the leper Leviticus 14:10, Eaten only at Jerusalem 1. The breast and shoulder of the peace-offerings Leviticus 7:31-34, 2. The heave-offering of confession Leviticus 7:12-14, 3. The heave-offering of the Nazarite's ram Leviticus 6:17-20, 4. The firstling Leviticus 18:15, 5. The first-fruits Leviticus 18:13, Due only in the land of Israel 1. The heave-offering of first-fruits Leviticus 12:1-8, 2. Of the tithe Lev 28 3. The cake Leviticus 15:20, 4. The first of the fleece Deuteronomy 18:4, 5. The field of possession Lev 35 Due both within and without the land 1. The gifts of slain beasts Deuteronomy 18:3, 2. The redemption of the first-born Deuteronomy 18:15, 3. The lamb for a firstling ass Exodus 4:20, 4. That taken by violence from a stranger Leviticus 5:8, 5. All devoted things From the sanctuary 1. The skins, etc. Leviticus 7:8

no inheritance: Numbers 18:23, Numbers 18:24, Numbers 26:62, Deuteronomy 10:9, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 14:27, Deuteronomy 14:29, Joshua 14:3

I am thy part: Deuteronomy 18:1, Deuteronomy 18:2, Joshua 13:14, Joshua 13:33, Joshua 14:3, Joshua 18:7, Psalms 16:5, Psalms 73:26, Psalms 142:5, Lamentations 3:24, Ezekiel 44:28, 1 Corinthians 3:21-23, Revelation 21:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:33 - for the houses Nehemiah 13:12 - brought

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Genesis 13:13
Now the men of S'dom were evil, committing great sins against Adonai .

Genesis 19:13
because we are going to destroy it. Adonai has become aware of the great outcry against them, and Adonai has sent us to destroy it."

Isaiah 3:9
Their very look witnesses against them! They parade their sin, like S'dom; they don't even try to hide it — all the worse for them! — they bring evil on themselves.

Isaiah 5:7
Now the vineyard of Adonai -Tzva'ot is the house of Isra'el, and the men of Y'hudah are the plant he delighted in. So he expected justice, but look — bloodshed! — and righteousness, but listen — cries of distress!

Jeremiah 14:7
Although our crimes witness against us, take action, Adonai , for your name's sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.

James 5:4
Listen! The wages you have fraudulently withheld from the workers who mowed your fields are calling out against you, and the outcries of those who harvested have reached the ears of Adonai -Tzva'ot.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Aaron,.... What is said, being what concerned the tribe of Levi, at the head of which Aaron was, even concerning the maintenance of the Levites:

thou shalt have no inheritance in their land; in the land of Israel when they come to possess it, as the rest of the tribes had:

neither shalt thou have any part among them; any part of the land when it is divided by lot, as it was in the times of Joshua, when taken from the Canaanites; no tract of land was peculiarly assigned to them as were to the other tribes, as fields, nor vineyards; they had cities appointed them, and they had houses and fields devoted to the Lord which fell to them, and others they had by gift or legacy, or by purchase, as had Jeremiah the priest and Barnabas the Levite, Jeremiah 32:9 Acts 4:36; but they had no share in the distribution of the land of Canaan at the time of the division of it among the tribes; no, not even in the spoil of the cities of the land of Canaan, when they were conquered; this Maimonides n says they were warned not to take; and a son of Levi that took any part of the spoil was to be beaten; but the spoil of other lands, subdued by the kings of Israel, they might take, as other Israelites did: the reason of all this was, because they had a sufficient provision made for them in another way, and that they might not be entangled in worldly affairs, or spend their time in the culture of fields and vineyards, but wholly give themselves to the service of God in his house:

I [am] thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel; in things temporal, the offerings, tithes, firstfruits, c. which were given to the Lord, being bestowed upon them and in things spiritual, they being employed in the work and service of God, and having a peculiar nearness to him, and communion with him: so all that are made priests unto God, as all believers in Christ are, 1 Peter 2:5, have God for their portion and inheritance; God, in his persons and in all his perfections, and under every character, as the God of nature, providence, and grace, is the portion of his people; and a rich, large, and satisfying portion he is, and which is inexhaustible, and will endure for ever; he is their portion in life and at death, in time and to all eternity; see Psalms 73:26.

n Hilchot Shemittah Veyobel, c. 13. sect. 10, 11.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am thy part and thine inheritance - Compare the marginal references.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 18:20. I am thy part and thine inheritance — The principal part of what was offered to God was the portion of the priests, therefore they had no inheritance of land in Israel; independently of that they had a very ample provision for their support. The rabbins say twenty-four gifts were given to the priests, and they are all expressed in the law. Eight of those gifts the priests ate nowhere but in the sanctuary: these eight are the following: -

1. The flesh of the SIN-OFFERING, whether of beasts or fowls, Leviticus 6:25-26.

2. The flesh of the TRESPASS-OFFERING, Leviticus 7:1; Leviticus 7:6.

3. The PEACE-OFFERINGS of the congregation, Leviticus 23:19-20.

4. The remainder of the OMER or SHEAF, Leviticus 23:10, c.

5. The remnants of the MEAT-OFFERINGS of the Israelites, Leviticus 6:16.

6. The two LOAVES, Leviticus 23:17.

7. The SHEW-BREAD, Leviticus 24:9.

8. The LOG of OIL offered by the leper, Leviticus 14:10, c.

Five of those gifts they ate only in Jerusalem: -

1. The breast and shoulder of the PEACE-OFFERINGS, Leviticus 7:31 Leviticus 7:34.

2. The HEAVE-OFFERING of the sacrifice of confession, Leviticus 7:12-14.

3. The HEAVE-OFFERING of the Nazarite's ram, Leviticus 6:17-20.

4. The FIRSTLING of the clean beast, Numbers 18:15; Deuteronomy 15:19-20.

5. The FIRST-FRUITS, Numbers 18:13.

FIVE gifts were not due unto them by the law, but in the land of Israel only: -

1. The heave-offering or FIRST-FRUITS, Numbers 18:12.

2. The heave-offering of the TITHE, Numbers 18:28.

3. The CAKE, Numbers 15:20.

These three were holy.

4. The first-fruits of the FLEECE, Deuteronomy 18:4.

5. The FIELD of POSSESSION, Numbers 35:2 c.

These two were common.

FIVE gifts were due unto them both within and without the land: -

1. The gifts of the BEASTS SLAIN, Deuteronomy 18:3.

2. The redemption of the FIRST-BORN SON, Numbers 18:15.

3. The LAMB for the firstling of an ass, Exodus 4:20; Numbers 18:15-16.

4. The restitution of that taken by violence from a stranger, Numbers 5:8.

5. All DEVOTED things, Numbers 18:14.

ONE gift was due unto them from the sanctuary: -

1. The skins of the burnt-offering, and all the skins of the other most holy things, Leviticus 7:8.

In all 24. See Ainsworth.

The gifts which the females of the priests' families had a part in were these: -

1. The heave-offering, or first-fruits.

2. The heave-offering of the tithe.

3. The cake.

4. The gifts of the beast, Deuteronomy 18:3.

5. The first of the fleece.

-See Mishna, Tract. Biccurim, and Ainsworth on the Pentateuch.

Besides all this the priests had the tribute money mentioned Numbers 31:28-29.