Deuteronomy 18:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and comes with all the desire of his mind to the place which the LORD shall choose;

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  • Num 35:2-3 : 2 Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and give to the Levites suburbs for the cities around them as well. 3 And the cities they shall have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
  • Deut 12:5 : 5 But you shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His habitation you shall come:
  • Deut 16:2 : 2 Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place His name there.
  • Ps 26:8 : 8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house and the place where Your honor dwells.
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple.
  • Ps 63:1-2 : 1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water; 2 To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the sanctuary.
  • Ps 84:5 : 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the ways to Zion.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • 1 Tim 3:1 : 1 This is a true saying: If a man desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 18:7
    82%

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

  • Deut 18:5
    82%

    5For 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 12:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5But you shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His habitation you shall come:

    6And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contributions of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks:

  • Deut 14:27
    75%

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

  • Deut 12:14
    75%

    14But in the place which the LORD will choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

  • Deut 12:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11Then there will be a place which the LORD your God will choose to make His name dwell there; there you shall bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD:

    12And 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.

  • Judg 17:9
    74%

    9And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I go to stay where I may find a place.

  • Deut 16:11
    74%

    11And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD your God has chosen to place His name there.

  • Num 18:6
    74%

    6And 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.

  • Deut 14:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it; or if the place is too far from you, which the LORD your God shall choose to set His name there, when the LORD your God has blessed you:

    25Then you shall turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    73%

    6But let none come into the house of the LORD, except the priests, and those that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

  • Num 3:6
    73%

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

  • Deut 14:29
    73%

    29And 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.

  • Judg 17:7
    72%

    7And there was a young man out of Bethlehem in Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he stayed there.

  • Deut 12:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18But you must eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all that you put your hands to.

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

  • Num 16:10
    72%

    10And 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 17:8-10
    3 verses
    72%

    8If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses,

    9and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment.

    10You shall do according to the decision they give you at the place which the LORD chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you.

  • Deut 23:16
    72%

    16He shall dwell with you, even among you, in that place which he chooses in one of your gates, where it pleases him best; you shall not oppress him.

  • Judg 17:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

    12And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

  • Num 18:2
    72%

    2And 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.

  • Deut 10:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8At 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.

    9Therefore Levi has no part nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, just as the LORD your God promised him.

  • Deut 12:26
    72%

    26Only the holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD shall choose:

  • Deut 21:5
    71%

    5And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to Him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word every controversy and every stroke shall be tried:

  • 1 Chr 15:2
    71%

    2Then David said, None should carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.

  • Deut 26:11
    71%

    11And you shall rejoice in every good thing which the LORD your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

  • Deut 18:1
    71%

    1The 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.

  • Num 8:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

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

    15After that, the Levites shall go in to perform the service of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall cleanse them and offer them as a wave offering.

  • Exod 32:26
    71%

    26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on the LORD's side—come to me!" And all the sons of Levi gathered to him.

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

    13And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him from all their territories.

    14For the Levites left their suburbs and possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had cast them out from executing the priest's office to the LORD.

  • Num 8:6
    70%

    6Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them.

  • Num 8:9
    70%

    9And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of meeting, and gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together.

  • Num 8:22
    70%

    22After that, the Levites went in to perform their service in the tabernacle of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

  • Deut 12:21
    70%

    21If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat in your gates whatever your soul desires.

  • 2 Chr 11:16
    70%

    16After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers.

  • Num 16:7
    70%

    7And put fire in them, and put incense in them before the LORD tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD chooses, he shall be holy: you take too much upon you, sons of Levi.

  • Deut 31:11
    70%

    11When all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

  • Deut 16:14
    69%

    14And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within your gates.

  • 2 Chr 6:5
    69%

    5Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

  • 2 Chr 6:32
    69%

    32Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, but has come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

  • Neh 1:9
    69%

    9But if you turn to Me, and keep My commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out to the farthest part of the heaven, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen to set My name there.