After these things the word of the LORD came to Avram in a vision, saying, *Don't be afraid, Avram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.*
Deuteronomy 18:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) They shall have no inheritance among their brothers: the LORD is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He promised them. American Standard Version (1901) And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them. Common English Bible 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 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 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. |
After these things the word of the LORD came to Avram in a vision, saying, *Don't be afraid, Avram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.*
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
But you shall be named the Kohanim of the LORD; men shall call you the ministers of our God: you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall you boast yourselves.
They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Yisra'el; I am their possession.
The LORD said to Aharon, 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 children of Yisra'el.
You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD your God spoke to him.)
Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.
You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Yeshua the Messiah.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: