Deuteronomy 18:2

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They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

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  • Gen 15:1 : 1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, and your reward will be very great."
  • Ps 16:5 : 5 The LORD is my portion and my cup; You hold my lot secure.
  • Ps 73:24-26 : 24 You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You. 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Ps 119:57 : 57 The LORD is my portion; I have said that I would keep Your words.
  • Isa 61:6 : 6 But you will be called the priests of the Lord; they will speak of you as the ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory you will boast.
  • Lam 3:24 : 24 The LORD is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in Him.
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  • Rev 1:5-6 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood, 6 and has made us a kingdom and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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  • Deut 18:1
    90%

    1The priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD and His allotted inheritance.

  • Deut 10:9
    87%

    9That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their brothers; the LORD Himself is their inheritance, as He promised them.

  • Num 18:20-25
    6 verses
    85%

    20The LORD said to Aaron: You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them; I am your share and inheritance among the Israelites.

    21To the Levites, I have given every tithe in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.

    22From now on, the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and die.

    23The Levites shall perform the duties of the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for their sins. This is a perpetual ordinance for your generations, but they shall not have any inheritance among the Israelites.

    24For I have given the Levites the tithes that the Israelites present as a contribution to the LORD as their inheritance. That is why I told them they shall have no inheritance among the Israelites.

    25The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Josh 13:33
    85%

    33However, Moses gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as He promised them.

  • Josh 13:14
    83%

    14But to the tribe of Levi, Moses gave no inheritance, for the offerings made by fire to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as He promised.

  • Ezek 44:28-29
    2 verses
    83%

    28They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

    29They are to eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.

  • Josh 18:7
    81%

    7The Levites will not have a portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave them.

  • Deut 18:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7then he may minister in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who serve there before the LORD.

    8They shall share equally in their meals, regardless of the income from their family possessions.

  • Josh 14:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2Their inheritance was assigned by lot, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, for the nine and a half tribes.

    3For Moses had given the inheritance to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan River, but to the Levites he did not give any inheritance among them.

    4The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites did not receive a portion of land but were instead given cities to live in, with pasturelands for their livestock and possessions.

  • Num 27:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.

    10If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

    11If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, and they shall possess it. This shall be a legal statute for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 36:9
    76%

    9'No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to retain its inheritance.'

  • Num 36:7
    76%

    7'Thus, no inheritance of the Israelites will transfer from one tribe to another, for each Israelite is to cling to the inheritance of their ancestral tribe.'

  • Mic 2:5
    76%

    5Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.

  • Num 18:6
    76%

    6I myself have chosen your brothers, the Levites, from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD for their service at the tent of meeting.

  • Isa 34:17
    75%

    17He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has divided it among them with the measuring line. They will possess it forever; from generation to generation, they will dwell there.

  • Num 36:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3'Now, if they marry someone from a different tribe of the Israelites, their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. Thus, their inheritance will be removed from the lot of our inheritance.'

    4'And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they are married and will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.'

  • Deut 14:27
    75%

    27And do not neglect the Levite living in your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

  • Josh 17:4
    74%

    4They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, 'The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.' So, in accordance with the LORD's command, they were given an inheritance among their father's brothers.

  • Deut 32:9
    74%

    9For the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

  • Num 32:19
    74%

    19For we will not inherit any land with them beyond the Jordan, because our inheritance is on the east side of the Jordan.

  • Num 26:55
    73%

    55But the division of the land is to be determined by lot; they will receive their inheritance based on the names of their ancestral tribes.

  • Num 8:14
    73%

    14In this way, you are to set the Levites apart from the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

  • Ezek 47:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who reside among you and have children. They are to be considered native-born Israelites and are to share the inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

    23In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, there you are to give them their inheritance, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ezek 47:14
    73%

    14You are to divide it equally among yourselves. I swore to give it to your ancestors, and this land will fall to you as an inheritance.

  • Deut 15:4
    72%

    4However, there should be no poor among you, for the Lord will certainly bless you in the land He is giving you as an inheritance to possess.

  • Num 35:2
    72%

    2Command the Israelites to give the Levites cities to live in from their inheritance, and give them pasture lands around the cities.

  • Deut 18:3
    72%

    3This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice: whether ox or sheep, they are to give the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach.

  • Josh 21:3
    72%

    3So the Israelites gave the Levites, according to the LORD’s command, the following cities and pasture lands from their inheritance.

  • Deut 18:5
    72%

    5For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the LORD forever.

  • Num 33:54
    72%

    54You shall apportion the land by lot according to your clans. You shall give more to the larger groups and less to the smaller groups. The place where the lot falls for each shall be theirs. You shall divide land according to the tribes of your ancestors.

  • Num 2:33
    72%

    33The Levites were not counted among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Lev 25:46
    72%

    46You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites harshly.

  • Num 3:12
    72%

    12I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine.

  • Deut 14:29
    72%

    29Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

  • Jer 10:16
    71%

    16The portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the Lord Almighty is His name.

  • Ps 135:12
    71%

    12He gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to His people Israel.