Numbers 18:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²³ The Levites will do the work of the tent of meeting, and they will bear the consequences of their iniquity. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites;  this is a permanent statute throughout your generations.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ But the Levites shall do the [menial] service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear and remove the iniquity of the people [that is, be answerable for the legal pollutions of the holy things and offer the necessary atonements for unintentional offenses in these matters]. It shall be a statute forever in all your generations, that among the Israelites the Levites have no inheritance [of land].

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

Common English Bible

²³ The Levites will perform the service of the meeting tent, and they will be responsible for their own sins. This is a permanent regulation for all time. But they will not inherit land among the Israelites

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Only the sons of Levi may serve me in the tabernacle and may carry the sins of the people. It shall be an everlasting ordinance in your generations. They shall possess nothing else;

Numbers 18:23 Cross References

Exodus 27:21

In the tent of meeting outside the curtain that is in front of the testimony,  Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamp  from evening until morning before the Lord. This is to be a permanent statute  for the Israelites throughout their generations.

Ezekiel 44:10

Surely the Levites who wandered away from me when Israel went astray, and who strayed from me after their idols,  will bear the consequences of their iniquity.

Numbers 18:1

The Lord said to Aaron, ‘You, your sons, and your ancestral family  , will be responsible for iniquity against the sanctuary. You and your sons will be responsible for iniquity involving your priesthood.

Numbers 18:20

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.

Numbers 19:21

This is a permanent statute for them. The person who sprinkles the water for impurity is to wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water for impurity will be unclean until evening.

Numbers 26:62

Those registered were 23,000, every male one month old or more; they were not registered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

Numbers 3:7

They are to perform duties for  him and the entire community before the tent of meeting by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

Numbers 35:29

These instructions will be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations wherever you live.

Deuteronomy 10:9

For this reason, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance like his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God told him.

Joshua 13:14

He did not, however, give any inheritance to the tribe of Levi. This was their inheritance, just as he had promised: the food offerings made to the Lord, the God of Israel.