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Deuteronomy 10:9

Levi

7 From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.

8 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.

That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.

10 I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.

11 Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”

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BSB
That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
KJV
Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
WEB
Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD your God spoke to him.)
ASV
Wherefore Levi hath no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God spake unto him.)
DARBY
Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God told him.
BLB
Upon thus Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers; YHWH is his inheritance, as YHWH your God spoke to him.
ÅB
Derfor fikk Levi ingen del eller arv med sine brødre; Herren er hans arv, slik som Herren din Gud har sagt til ham.
OTB
Derfor har ikke levittene noen del eller arv blant sine medisraelitter; Herren er deres arv, slik Herren din Gud lovet dem.)
B1930
Derfor fikk Levi ingen del eller arv med sine brødre; Herren er hans arv, således som Herren din Gud har sagt til ham.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 44:28

    In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

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  • Numbers 18:20–24

    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.

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  • Deuteronomy 18:1–2

    The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD; that is their inheritance.

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  • Numbers 26:62

    The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

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  • Joshua 14:3

    For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.

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