Measure a kilometre outside the city for the east side, a kilometre for the south side, a kilometre for the west side, and a kilometre for the north side, with the city in the centre. This will belong to them as pasturelands for the cities.
Deuteronomy 18:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When a Levite leaves one of your towns in Israel where he was staying and wants to go to the place the Lord chooses, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel where he is a temporary resident, he may come whenever he desires to [the sanctuary] the place the Lord will choose; American Standard Version (1901) And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah shall choose; Common English Bible Now if a Levite leaves one of your cities or departs from any location in Israel where he’s been living and, because he wants to, comes to the location the LORD selects Catholic Public Domain Version If a Levite departs from one of the cities, throughout all of Israel, in which he lives, and if he wills and desires to go to the place which the Lord will choose, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If a Levite go out of any one of the cities throughout all Israel, in which he dwelleth, and have a longing mind to come to the place which the Lord shall choose: |
Measure a kilometre outside the city for the east side, a kilometre for the south side, a kilometre for the west side, and a kilometre for the north side, with the city in the centre. This will belong to them as pasturelands for the cities.
then the Lord your God will choose the place to have his name dwell. Bring there everything I command you: your burnt offerings, sacrifices, offerings of the tenth, personal contributions, and all your choice offerings you vow to the Lord.
You must offer your burnt offerings only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribes, and there you must do everything I command you.
Instead, turn to the place the Lord your God chooses from all your tribes to put his name for his dwelling and go there.
Sacrifice to the Lord your God a Passover animal from the herd or flock in the place where the Lord chooses to have his name dwell.
he may serve in the name of the Lord his God like all his fellow Levites who minister there in the presence of the Lord.
This saying is trustworthy: ‘If anyone aspires to be an overseer, , he desires a noble work.’
Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed for money but eagerly;