Deuteronomy 18:2
New International Version
They shall have no inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the LORD is their inheritance, as he promised them.

New Living Translation
They will have no land of their own among the Israelites. The LORD himself is their special possession, just as he promised them.

English Standard Version
They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the LORD is their inheritance, as he promised them.

Berean Standard Bible
Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

King James Bible
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

New King James Version
Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the LORD is their inheritance, as He said to them.

New American Standard Bible
They shall not have an inheritance among their countrymen; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

NASB 1995
“They shall have no inheritance among their countrymen; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

NASB 1977
“And they shall have no inheritance among their countrymen; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they shall have no inheritance among their brothers; Yahweh is their inheritance, as He promised them.

Amplified Bible
They shall have no inheritance [of land] among their countrymen (brothers, brethren); the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

Christian Standard Bible
Although Levi has no inheritance among his brothers, the LORD is his inheritance, as he promised him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Although Levi has no inheritance among his brothers, the LORD is his inheritance, as He promised him.

American Standard Version
And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the inheritance will not be for him among his brothers, for LORD JEHOVAH is his inheritance, as He said to him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself is his portion, as he said to him.

Contemporary English Version
because he has promised to provide for them in this way.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

English Revised Version
And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So the Levites will have no land of their own like the other Israelites. The LORD will be their inheritance, as he promised them.

Good News Translation
They are to own no land, as the other tribes do; their share is the privilege of being the LORD's priests, as the LORD has promised.

International Standard Version
But they will not have an inheritance among their relatives, because the LORD alone is their inheritance—as he promised them."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the LORD is their inheritance, as He hath spoken unto them.

Literal Standard Version
and he has no inheritance in the midst of his brothers; YHWH Himself [is] his inheritance, as He has spoken to him.

Majority Standard Bible
Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

New American Bible
They shall have no heritage among their kindred; the LORD himself is their heritage, as he has told them.

NET Bible
They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the LORD alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.

New Revised Standard Version
but they shall have no inheritance among the other members of the community; the LORD is their inheritance, as he promised them.

New Heart English Bible
They shall have no inheritance among their brothers: the LORD is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said to them.

World English Bible
They shall have no inheritance among their brothers. Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.

Young's Literal Translation
and he hath no inheritance in the midst of his brethren; Jehovah Himself is his inheritance, as He hath spoken to him.

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Context
Provision for Priests and Levites
1The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD; that is their inheritance. 2Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them. 3This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.…

Cross References
Numbers 18:7
But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death."

Numbers 18:20
Then the LORD said to Aaron, "You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 10:9
That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.

Joshua 13:14
To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The offerings made by fire to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

Ezekiel 44:28
In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.


Treasury of Scripture

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brothers: the LORD is their inheritance, as he has said to them.

the Lord

Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Psalm 16:5
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

Psalm 73:24-26
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory…

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Verses 2, 3. - As he hath said unto them (cf. Numbers 18:20). The shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw; i.e. the front leg, the two jaw-bones, and the rough stomach of ruminants, in which the digestion is completed. These were regarded as the choice parts of the animal, and were to be given to the priests in addition to the wave breast and heave leg of the peace offerings (Leviticus 7:32, etc.; Numbers 18:11), which belonged to the firings of Jehovah, mentioned in ver. 1. To these the priest had a rightful claim; they were his due (מִשְׁפַט, mishpat, right). "This right was probably accorded to the priests as a compensation for the falling off which would take place in their incomes in consequence of the repeal of the law that every animal was to be slaughtered at the sanctuary as a sacrifice (Leviticus 17; vide Deuteronomy 12:15. sqq.)"(Keil). According to Josephus ('Antiq ,' 4:4, 4), Philo ('De Praemiis. Sacerdot.,' p. 832, Opp., tom. 2. p. 235, edit. Maugey), the Talmud, etc., this injunction relates to the slaying of animals at home for private use, and not such as were killed for sacrifice. But the use here of the sacrificial phraseology, who offer a sacrifice (זֹבְחֵי הַזֶּבַח, who slay victims for sacrifice - a phrase nowhere found except in connection with sacrificial rites) is adverse to this; and besides, how could such an enactment be carried out? How could people, residing at a distance, convey to the priests the portions due to them every time they slaughtered an animal for domestic use? At the same time, the sacrifices here referred to do not seem to be included in the offerings by fire above mentioned; and these gifts to the priest seem to have been something over and above his ordinary dues. There is probability, therefore, in the suggestion that "the reference is to the slaughtering of oxen, sheep, or goats, which were not intended for shelamim in the more limited sense, i.e. for one of the three species of peace offerings (Leviticus 7:15, 16), but for festal meals in the broader sense, which were held in connection with the sacrificial meals prepared from the shelamim" (Keil).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Although they have
יִֽהְיֶה־ (yih·yeh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

no
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

inheritance
וְנַחֲלָ֥ה (wə·na·ḥă·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion

among
בְּקֶ֣רֶב (bə·qe·reḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center

their brothers,
אֶחָ֑יו (’e·ḥāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

the LORD
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

[is] their inheritance,
נַחֲלָת֔וֹ (na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

He promised
דִּבֶּר־ (dib·ber-)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

them.
לֽוֹ׃ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew


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