Deuteronomy 18:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² They shall have no inheritance among their brethren; 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² 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.

Deuteronomy 18:2 Cross References

Genesis 15:1

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

Psalm 119:57

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

Psalm 16:5

The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; thou holdest my lot.

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.

Isaiah 61:6

but you shall be called the priests of the Lord, men shall speak of you as the ministers of our God; you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their riches you shall glory.

Lamentations 3:24

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

Ezekiel 44:28

“They shall have no inheritance; I am their inheritance: and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

Numbers 18:20

And the Lord 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 people of Israel.

Numbers 18:7

And you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift, and any one else who comes near shall be put to death.”

Deuteronomy 10:9

Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God said to 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 him.

1 Peter 2:5

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

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.