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Tuesday, August 5th, 2025
the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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New Living Translation
Deuteronomy 12:19
And be very careful never to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
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Christian Standard Bible®
and be careful not to neglect the Levite, as long as you live in your land.
and be careful not to neglect the Levite, as long as you live in your land.
Hebrew Names Version
Take heed to yourself that you don't forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
Take heed to yourself that you don't forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
King James Version
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
Lexham English Bible
Take care so that you do not neglect the Levite all of your days on your land.
Take care so that you do not neglect the Levite all of your days on your land.
English Standard Version
Take care that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.
Take care that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.
New Century Version
Be careful not to forget the Levites as long as you live in the land.
Be careful not to forget the Levites as long as you live in the land.
New English Translation
Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.
Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.
Amplified Bible
"Be careful that you do not neglect the Levite [who serves God] as long as you live in your land.
"Be careful that you do not neglect the Levite [who serves God] as long as you live in your land.
New American Standard Bible
"Be careful that you do not abandon the Levite as long as you live in your land.
"Be careful that you do not abandon the Levite as long as you live in your land.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Beware, that thou forsake not the Leuite, as long as thou liuest vpon the earth.
Beware, that thou forsake not the Leuite, as long as thou liuest vpon the earth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Beware lest you forsake the Levite all your days upon your land.
Beware lest you forsake the Levite all your days upon your land.
Complete Jewish Bible
As long as you are living on your property, take care not to abandon the Levi.
As long as you are living on your property, take care not to abandon the Levi.
Darby Translation
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite all the days thou shalt be in thy land.
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite all the days thou shalt be in thy land.
Easy-to-Read Version
But be sure that you always share these meals with the Levites. Do this as long as you live in your land.
But be sure that you always share these meals with the Levites. Do this as long as you live in your land.
George Lamsa Translation
Take heed to yourselves that you do not forsake the Levites as long as you live upon the earth.
Take heed to yourselves that you do not forsake the Levites as long as you live upon the earth.
Good News Translation
Be sure, also, not to neglect the Levites, as long as you live in your land.
Be sure, also, not to neglect the Levites, as long as you live in your land.
Literal Translation
Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live on the land.
Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live on the land.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And bewarre, that thou forsake not the Leuite, as longe as thou lyuest vpon the earth.
And bewarre, that thou forsake not the Leuite, as longe as thou lyuest vpon the earth.
American Standard Version
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest in thy land.
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest in thy land.
Bible in Basic English
See that you do not give up caring for the Levite as long as you are living in your land.
See that you do not give up caring for the Levite as long as you are living in your land.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beware that thou forsake not the Leuite, as long as thou liuest vpon the earth.
Beware that thou forsake not the Leuite, as long as thou liuest vpon the earth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land.
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land.
King James Version (1611)
Take heed to thy selfe, that thou forsake not the Leuite, as long as thou liuest vpon the earth.
Take heed to thy selfe, that thou forsake not the Leuite, as long as thou liuest vpon the earth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Take heed to thyself that thou do not desert the Levite all the time that thou livest upon the earth.
Take heed to thyself that thou do not desert the Levite all the time that thou livest upon the earth.
English Revised Version
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land.
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land.
Berean Standard Bible
and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Be thou war lest thou forsake the dekene in al tyme, `in which thou lyuest in erthe.
Be thou war lest thou forsake the dekene in al tyme, `in which thou lyuest in erthe.
Young's Literal Translation
take heed to thee lest thou forsake the Levite all thy days on thy ground.
take heed to thee lest thou forsake the Levite all thy days on thy ground.
Update Bible Version
You be careful not to forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
You be careful not to forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
Webster's Bible Translation
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
World English Bible
Take heed to yourself that you don't forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
Take heed to yourself that you don't forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
New King James Version
Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
New Life Bible
Be careful that you do not stop caring for the Levites as long as you live in your land.
Be careful that you do not stop caring for the Levites as long as you live in your land.
New Revised Standard
Take care that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.
Take care that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Take heed to thyself, lest thou forsake the Levite, - all thy days upon thy soil.
Take heed to thyself, lest thou forsake the Levite, - all thy days upon thy soil.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land.
Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land.
Revised Standard Version
Take heed that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
Take heed that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
THE MESSAGE
And make sure that for as long as you live on your land you never, never neglect the Levite.
And make sure that for as long as you live on your land you never, never neglect the Levite.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
"Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
Contextual Overview
5 Rather, you must seek the Lord your God at the place of worship he himself will choose from among all the tribes—the place where his name will be honored. 6 There you will bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, your offerings to fulfill a vow, your voluntary offerings, and your offerings of the firstborn animals of your herds and flocks. 7 There you and your families will feast in the presence of the Lord your God, and you will rejoice in all you have accomplished because the Lord your God has blessed you. 8 "Your pattern of worship will change. Today all of you are doing as you please, 9 because you have not yet arrived at the place of rest, the land the Lord your God is giving you as your special possession. 10 But you will soon cross the Jordan River and live in the land the Lord your God is giving you. When he gives you rest from all your enemies and you're living safely in the land, 11 you must bring everything I command you—your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, and your offerings to fulfill a vow—to the designated place of worship, the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to be honored. 12 "You must celebrate there in the presence of the Lord your God with your sons and daughters and all your servants. And remember to include the Levites who live in your towns, for they will receive no allotment of land among you. 13 Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings just anywhere you like. 14 You may do so only at the place the Lord will choose within one of your tribal territories. There you must offer your burnt offerings and do everything I command you.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Take: Deuteronomy 14:27-29, 2 Chronicles 11:13, 2 Chronicles 11:14, 2 Chronicles 31:4-21, Nehemiah 10:34-39, 1 Corinthians 9:10-14
as long: etc. Heb. all thy days, Deuteronomy 12:1
Reciprocal: Genesis 47:22 - for the priests Numbers 31:29 - an heave Deuteronomy 12:12 - the Levite Deuteronomy 12:18 - thou must Deuteronomy 18:1 - shall have Joshua 13:14 - General Isaiah 23:18 - for them Ezekiel 48:13 - five and twenty thousand in Luke 10:7 - for Galatians 6:6 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite,.... By withholding from him the tithes appointed for his maintenance; or rather by neglecting to take him with him in order to partake of the feast or entertainment before spoken of:
as long as thou livest upon the earth; so that it was not one time only, but always; whenever he ate these holy things before the Lord, as long as he lived, he was to be careful he had the Levite with him, for a reason given, Deuteronomy 12:12.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Deuteronomy 12:19. Forsake not the Levite — These had no inheritance, and were to live by the sanctuary: if therefore the offerings were withheld by which the Levites were supported, they of course must perish. Those who have devoted themselves to the service of God in ministering to the salvation of the souls of men, should certainly be furnished at least with all the necessaries of life. Those who withhold this from them sin against their own mercies, and that ordinance of God by which a ministry is established for the salvation of souls.
