Deuteronomy 18:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² but they shall have no inheritance among the other members of the community; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² They shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He promised them.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.

Common English Bible

² but they won’t share an inheritance with their fellow Israelites. The LORD alone is the Levites’ inheritance—just as God promised them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And they shall receive nothing else from the possession of their brothers. For the Lord himself is their inheritance, just as he said to them.

Deuteronomy 18:2 Cross References

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 2:5

like living stones let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Lamentations 3:24

“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”

Isaiah 61:6

but you shall be called priests of the Lord; you shall be named ministers of our God; you shall enjoy the wealth of the nations, and in their riches you shall glory.

Psalm 119:57

The Lord is my portion; I promise to keep your words.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 16:5

The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.

Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons with you shall diligently perform your priestly duties in all that concerns the altar and the area behind the curtain. I give your priesthood as a gift; any outsider who approaches shall be put to death.”

Numbers 18:20

Then the Lord said to Aaron, “You shall have no allotment in their land, nor shall you have any share among them; I am your share and your possession among the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 10:9

Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance with his kindred; the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God promised him.)

Joshua 13:14

To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance; the offerings by fire to the Lord God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to them.

Ezekiel 44:28

“This shall be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you shall give them no holding in Israel; I am their holding.