Deuteronomy 10:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore Levi has no part nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, just as the LORD your God promised him.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wherefore Levi{H3878} hath no portion{H2506} nor inheritance{H5159} with his brethren;{H251} Jehovah{H3068} is his inheritance,{H5159} according as Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} spake{H1696} unto him.)

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wherefore Levi{H3878} hath no part{H2506} nor inheritance{H5159} with his brethren{H251}; the LORD{H3068} is his inheritance{H5159}, according as the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} promised{H1696}{(H8765)} him.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Wherfore the Leuites haue no parte nor enheritaunce with their brethern. The Lorde he is their enheritaunce, as the Lorde thy God hath promysed them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore shal the Leuites haue no porcion ner enheritaunce with their brethren: for the LORDE is their enheritaunce, as the LORDE thy God hath promysed them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Wherefore Leui hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren: for the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord thy God hath promised him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Wherefore the Leuites haue no part nor inheritaunce with their brethren: but the Lorde is their inheritaunce, as the Lorde thy God hath promised them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD [is] his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    therefore there hath not been to Levi a portion and inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah Himself `is' his inheritance, as Jehovah thy God hath spoken to him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Wherefore Levi hath no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God spake unto him.)

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Wherefore Levi hath no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God spake unto him.)

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.)

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance just as the LORD your God told him.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 18:1-2 : 1 The priests, the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part or inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and His inheritance. 2 Therefore, they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as He has said to them.
  • Ezek 44:28 : 28 And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
  • Josh 14:3 : 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
  • Num 18:20-24 : 20 And the LORD spoke to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any part among them: I am your part and your inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come near the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
  • Num 26:62 : 62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 18:1-2
    2 verses
    87%

    1 The priests, the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part or inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and His inheritance.

    2 Therefore, they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as He has said to them.

  • Josh 13:33
    86%

    33 But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said to them.

  • Josh 13:14
    84%

    14 Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said to them.

  • Deut 10:8
    83%

    8 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

  • Num 18:20-21
    2 verses
    81%

    20 And the LORD spoke to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any part among them: I am your part and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

    21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Num 18:23-25
    3 verses
    81%

    23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

    24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

    25 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Deut 14:27
    80%

    27 And the Levite that is within your gates; you shall not forsake him; for he has no part nor inheritance with you.

  • Josh 18:7
    79%

    7 But the Levites have no part among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

  • Josh 14:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

    4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; therefore they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for their cattle and for their possessions.

  • Num 18:6
    76%

    6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Num 8:14
    76%

    14 Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

  • Deut 18:5
    76%

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

  • Deut 32:9
    75%

    9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the place of his inheritance.

  • Deut 18:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD.

    8 They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his patrimony.

  • Num 27:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    9 And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

    10 And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.

    11 And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest kinsman from his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be a statute of judgment to the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 1:48-49
    2 verses
    75%

    48 For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying,

    49 Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel;

  • Num 18:2
    75%

    2 And your brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring with you, that they may be joined to you and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

  • Heb 7:5
    75%

    5 And indeed those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brothers, though they come from the loins of Abraham:

  • Num 16:10
    75%

    10 And He has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you: and do you seek the priesthood also?

  • Deut 14:29
    74%

    29 And the Levite, (because he has no part nor inheritance with you,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

  • Deut 33:8
    74%

    8 And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your holy one, whom you tried at Massah, and with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah;

  • Num 36:9
    74%

    9 Thus the inheritance shall not transfer from one tribe to another tribe; but each tribe of the children of Israel shall keep to its own inheritance.

  • Num 3:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    12 Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; therefore the Levites shall be mine;

  • Mal 2:4
    73%

    4 And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with Levi, says the LORD of hosts.

  • Deut 10:10
    73%

    10 And I stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD listened to me at that time also, and the LORD was not willing to destroy you.

  • Num 3:9
    73%

    9 And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are completely given to him from among the children of Israel.

  • Deut 12:9
    73%

    9 For you have not yet come to the rest and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Num 3:6
    73%

    6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, so that they may serve him.

  • Deut 12:19
    73%

    19 Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live on the earth.

  • Num 36:7
    73%

    7 So the inheritance of the children of Israel shall not transfer from tribe to tribe; for each of the children of Israel shall keep to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

  • Num 2:33
    73%

    33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 3:45
    72%

    45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.

  • Lev 10:15
    72%

    15 They shall bring the heave shoulder and the wave breast with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it as a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be yours and your sons' with you, by a statute forever, as the Lord has commanded.'

  • Ezek 44:28
    72%

    28 And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

  • Deut 12:12
    72%

    12 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion or inheritance with you.

  • Jer 10:16
    72%

    16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the Maker of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

  • Num 8:19
    72%

    19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to perform the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel when they come near the sanctuary.