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Numbers 18:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

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‘This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance.  You are to give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.


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.


But Moses did not give a portion to the tribe of Levi. The Lord, the God of Israel, was their inheritance, just as he had promised them.


I say, ‘The Lord is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in him.’


because Moses had given the inheritance to the two and a half tribes beyond the Jordan. But he gave no inheritance among them to the Levites.


Do not neglect the Levite within your city gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.


You will rejoice  before the Lord your God #– #you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is within your city gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.


Then I heard a loud voice  from the throne:  , Look, God’s dwelling  is with humanity, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples,  , and God himself will be with them and will be their God.


But the Levites among you do not get a portion, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the Lord.  Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the Lord’s servant gave them.’


Then the Levite, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the resident foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your city gates may come, eat, and be satisfied.  And the Lord your God will bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.


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.


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.


After these events, the word of the Lord came  to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid,  Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great.


But you and your sons will carry out your priestly responsibilities  for everything concerning the altar and for what is inside the curtain, and you will do that work. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift,  but an unauthorised person who comes near the sanctuary will be put to death.’





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