They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
Parallel translations
- KJV And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
- BSB In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.
- NKJV “It shall be, in regard to their inheritance, that I am their inheritance. You shall give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.
- NASB “And it shall be regarding an inheritance for them, that I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no property in Israel—I am their property.
- NLT “The priests will not have any property or possession of land, for I alone am their special possession.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Num 18:20Yahweh 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.
- Josh 13:33But Moses gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.
- Deut 18:1–2The priests the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire and his portion.
- Deut 10:9Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)
- Ezek 45:4It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to Yahweh; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.
- 1 Pet 5:2–4Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
- Josh 13:14Only he gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The offerings of Yahweh, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.
- Ezek 48:9–11The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in width.
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