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Numbers 18:20

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You won't possess property in their country, and you won't have a share in their land. I am your share and your possession among the Israelites.

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After all this had happened, God spoke to Abram in a vision, telling him, “Don't be afraid, Abram! I am your protector, and your truly great reward!”

I cry out to you, Lord, for help, saying, “You are the one who keeps me safe; you are all I need in life.

Lord, you alone are all I have; you give me what I need; you safeguard my future.

My body and my mind may fail, but God is the foundation of my life. He is mine forever!

“The Lord is all I need,” I tell myself, “so I will put my hope in him.”

Regarding their share of the land, I will take care of them. You are not to give them any property in Israel, because I will provide for them.

But only you and your sons are responsible for your priesthood, doing all that concerns the altar and is behind the veil. Only you are to perform that service. I am giving you the gift of your priesthood, but anyone else who approaches the sanctuary must be executed.”

The number of the Levites censused totaled 23,000. This included every male one month old or older. However, they were not counted with the other Israelites, because no land allotment was given to them with the other Israelites.

That's why the tribe of Levi has no land allowance or share among the other tribes. The Lord provides what they need, just as the Lord your God promised.

You will celebrate there in the presence of the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levites living in your towns, because they don't have any share in the allotment of land.

Don't forget to take care of the Levites in your town, because they don't have any share in the allotment of land.

This way the Levites (who don't have any share in the allotment of land), the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows in your town will be provided with what they need. The Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

Moses did not allocate any land for the Levites to own. Instead they were allotted the offerings made by fire to the Lord, the God of Israel, as the Lord had promised them.

However, Moses did not allot any land to the Levites, for the Lord, the God of Israel, had promised them that he would be their allocation.

Moses had allotted land to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan but he had made no allocation to the Levites among them.

But the Levites do not receive a share, for their role as priests of the Lord is their allocation. Also, Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allocation that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave them on the east side of the Jordan.”

I heard a loud voice from the throne say, “Now God's home is with human beings and he will live with them. They will be his people. God himself will be with them as their God.




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