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Brenton's Septuagint

Deuteronomy 18:2

And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself is his portion, as he said to him.

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.
Contemporary English Version
because he has promised to provide for them in this way.
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.
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 The priests, the Levites, even the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; the burnt-offerings of the Lord are their inheritance, they shall eat them. 2 And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself is his portion, as he said to him. 3 And this is the due of the priests in the things coming from the people from those who offer sacrifices, whether it be a calf or a sheep; and thou shalt give the shoulder to the priest, and the cheeks, and the great intestine: 4 and the first-fruits of thy corn, and of thy wine, and of thine oil; and thou shalt give to him the first-fruits of the fleeces of thy sheep: 5 because the Lord has chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand before the Lord thy God, to minister and bless in his name, himself and his sons among the children of Israel. 6 And if a Levite come from one of the cities of all the children of Israel, where he himself dwells, accordingly as his mind desires, to the place which he shall have chosen, 7 he shall minister to the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites, who stand there present before the Lord thy God. 8 He shall eat an allotted portion, besides the sale of his hereditary property.

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 he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in thy sight, pass not by thy servant.
Genesis 18:6
And Abraam hasted to the tent to Sarrha, and said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes.
Genesis 18:7
And Abraam ran to the kine, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hasted to dress it.
Genesis 18:11
And Abraam and Sarrha were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarrha.
Genesis 18:16
And the men having risen up from thence looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha. And Abraam went with them, attending them on their journey.
Genesis 19:1
And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshipped with his face to the ground, and said,
Genesis 23:7
And Abraam rose up and did obeisance to the people of the land, to the sons of Chet.
Genesis 32:24
And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning.
Genesis 43:26
And Joseph entered into the house, and they brought him the gifts which they had in their hands, into the house; and they did him reverence with their face to the ground.
Genesis 43:28
And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And he said, Blessed be that man by God; —and they bowed, and did him reverence.

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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