Deuteronomy 18:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And if a Levite, moved by a strong desire, comes from any town in all Israel where he is living to the place marked out by the Lord;

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 35:2-3 : 2 Give orders to the children of Israel to give to the Levites, from the heritage which is theirs, towns for themselves, with land on the outskirts of the towns. 3 These towns are to be their living-places, with land round them for their cattle and their food and all their beasts,
  • Deut 12:5 : 5 But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;
  • Deut 16:2 : 2 The Passover offering, from your flock or your herd, is to be given to the Lord your God in the place marked out by him as the resting-place of his name.
  • Ps 26:8 : 8 Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
  • Ps 63:1-2 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.> O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is; 2 To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place.
  • Ps 84:5 : 5 Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
  • 1 Tim 3:1 : 1 This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 18:7
    82%

    7 Then he will do the work of a priest in the name of the Lord his God, with all his brothers the Levites who are there before the Lord.

  • Deut 18:5
    82%

    5 For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.

  • Deut 12:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5 But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;

    6 And there you are to take your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up to the Lord, and the offerings of your oaths, and those which you give freely from the impulse of your hearts, and the first births among your herds and your flocks;

  • Deut 14:27
    75%

    27 And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.

  • Deut 12:14
    75%

    14 But in the place marked out by the Lord in one of your tribes, there let your burned offerings be offered, and there do what I have given you orders to do.

  • Deut 12:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11 Then there will be a place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name, and there you will take all the things which I give you orders to take: your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up, and the offerings of your oaths which you make to the Lord;

    12 And you will be glad before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, and your men-servants and your women-servants, and the Levite who is with you in your house, because he has no part or heritage among you.

  • Judg 17:9
    74%

    9 And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Beth-lehem-judah, and I am looking for a living-place.

  • Deut 16:11
    74%

    11 Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.

  • Num 18:6
    74%

    6 Now, see, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: they are given to you and to the Lord, to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

  • Deut 14:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24 And if the way is so long that you are not able to take these things to the place marked out by the Lord your God for his name, when he has given you his blessing, because it is far away from you;

    25 Then let these things be exchanged for money, and, taking the money in your hand, go to the place marked out by the Lord your God for himself;

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    73%

    6 But let no one come into the house of the Lord but only the priests and those of the Levites who have work to do there; they may go in for they are holy; but the rest of the people are to keep the orders of the Lord.

  • Num 3:6
    73%

    6 Make the tribe of Levi come near, and put them before Aaron the priest, to be his helpers,

  • Deut 14:29
    73%

    29 And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

  • Judg 17:7
    72%

    7 Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.

  • Deut 12:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18 But they will be your food before the Lord your God in the place of his selection, where you may make a feast of them, with your son and your daughter, and your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is living with you: and you will have joy before the Lord your God in everything to which you put your hand.

    19 See that you do not give up caring for the Levite as long as you are living in your land.

  • Num 16:10
    72%

    10 Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?

  • Deut 17:8-10
    3 verses
    72%

    8 If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;

    9 And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:

    10 And you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by the Lord, and do whatever they say:

  • Deut 23:16
    72%

    16 Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing to him: do not be hard on him.

  • Judg 17:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 And the Levite said he would make his living-place with the man, and he became to him as one of his sons.

    12 And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

  • Num 18:2
    72%

    2 Let your brothers, the family of Levi, come near with you, so that they may be joined with you and be your servants: but you and your sons with you are to go in before the ark of witness.

  • Deut 10:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 At that time the Lord had the tribe of Levi marked out to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, to be before the Lord and to do his work and to give blessings in his name, to this day.

    9 For this reason Levi has no part or heritage for himself among his brothers: the Lord is his heritage, as the Lord your God said to him.)

  • Deut 12:26
    72%

    26 But the holy things which you have, and the offerings of your oaths, you are to take to the place which will be marked out by the Lord:

  • Deut 21:5
    71%

    5 Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged:

  • 1 Chr 15:2
    71%

    2 Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.

  • Deut 26:11
    71%

    11 And you will have joy in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and to your family; and the Levite, and the man from a strange land who is with you, will take part in your joy.

  • Deut 18:1
    71%

    1 The priests, the Levites, that is, all the tribe of Levi, will have no part or heritage with Israel: their food and their heritage will be the offerings of the Lord made by fire.

  • Num 8:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.

    15 After that, the Levites will go in to do whatever has to be done in the Tent of meeting; you are to make them clean and give them as a wave offering.

  • Exod 32:26
    71%

    26 Then Moses took his place at the way into the tents, and said, Whoever is on the Lord's side, let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi came together to him.

  • 2 Chr 11:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13 And the priests and Levites who were in all Israel came together to him from every part of their country.

    14 For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;

  • Num 8:6
    70%

    6 Take the Levites out from among the children of Israel and make them clean.

  • Num 8:9
    70%

    9 And make the Levites come forward in front of the Tent of meeting, and let all the children of Israel come together:

  • Num 8:22
    70%

    22 And then the Levites went in to do their work in the Tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons: all the orders which the Lord had given Moses about the Levites were put into effect.

  • Deut 12:21
    70%

    21 If the place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name is far away from you, then take from your herds and from your flocks which the Lord has given you, as I have said, and have a meal of it in the towns where you may be living.

  • 2 Chr 11:16
    70%

    16 And after them, from all the tribes of Israel, all those whose hearts were fixed and true to the Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to make offerings to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

  • Num 16:7
    70%

    7 And put spices on the fire in them before the Lord tomorrow; then the man marked out by the Lord will be holy: you take overmuch on yourselves, you sons of Levi.

  • Deut 31:11
    70%

    11 When all Israel has come before the Lord your God in the place named by him, let a reading be given of this law in the hearing of all Israel.

  • Deut 16:14
    69%

    14 You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you.

  • 2 Chr 6:5
    69%

    5 From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;

  • 2 Chr 6:32
    69%

    32 And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel but comes from a far country because of the glory of your name and your strong hand and your outstretched arm; when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

  • Neh 1:9
    69%

    9 But if you come back to me and keep my orders and do them, even if those of you who have been forced out are living in the farthest parts of heaven, I will get them from there, and take them back to the place marked out by me for the resting-place of my name.