Deuteronomy 18:6

Webster's Bible (1833)

If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he lives as a foreigner, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which Yahweh shall choose;

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 suburbs for the cities round about them shall you give to the Levites. 3 The cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their animals.
  • Deut 12:5 : 5 But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation shall you seek, and there you shall come;
  • Deut 16:2 : 2 You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
  • Ps 26:8 : 8 Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, The place where your glory dwells.
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, To see Yahweh's beauty, And to inquire in his temple.
  • Ps 63:1-2 : 1 > God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you, My flesh longs for you, In a dry and weary land, where there is no water. 2 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, Watching your power and your glory.
  • Ps 84:5 : 5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you; Who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. 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 faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer{Or, bishop}, he desires a good work.
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 18:7
    82%

    7then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh.

  • Deut 18:5
    82%

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

  • Deut 12:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation shall you seek, and there you shall come;

    6and there you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock:

  • Deut 14:27
    75%

    27The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him; for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

  • Deut 12:14
    75%

    14but in the place which Yahweh shall 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 it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there shall you bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.

    12You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

  • Judg 17:9
    74%

    9Micah said to him, Whence come you? He said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].

  • Deut 16:11
    74%

    11and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your man-servant, and your maid-servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in the midst of you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.

  • Num 18:6
    74%

    6I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given to Yahweh, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

  • Deut 14:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24If the way be too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which Yahweh your God shall choose, to set his name there, when Yahweh your God shall bless you;

    25then shall you turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose:

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    73%

    6But let none come into the house of Yahweh, save the priests, and those who minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the charge of Yahweh.

  • Num 3:6
    73%

    6"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

  • Deut 14:29
    73%

    29and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

  • Judg 17:7
    72%

    7There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

  • Deut 12:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your man-servant, and your maid-servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.

    19Take heed to yourself that you don't forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

  • Num 16:10
    72%

    10and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? and seek you the priesthood also?

  • Deut 17:8-10
    3 verses
    72%

    8If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then shall you arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose;

    9and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days: and you shall inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment.

    10You shall do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show you from that place which Yahweh shall choose; and you shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach you:

  • Deut 23:16
    72%

    16he shall dwell with you, in the midst of you, in the place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best: you shall not oppress him.

  • Judg 17:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • Num 18:2
    72%

    2Your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring you near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony.

  • Deut 10:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

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

    9Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)

  • Deut 12:26
    72%

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

  • Deut 21:5
    71%

    5The priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of Yahweh; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.

  • 1 Chr 15:2
    71%

    2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has Yahweh chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.

  • Deut 26:11
    71%

    11and you shall rejoice in all the good which Yahweh your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the foreigner who is in the midst of you.

  • Deut 18:1
    71%

    1The priests the Levites, [even] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and his inheritance.

  • Num 8:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

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

    15"After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent 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 Yahweh's side, come to me!" All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

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

    13The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border.

    14For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office to Yahweh;

  • Num 8:6
    70%

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

  • Num 8:9
    70%

    9You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.

  • Num 8:22
    70%

    22After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

  • Deut 12:21
    70%

    21If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put his name there, be too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.

  • 2 Chr 11:16
    70%

    16After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

  • Num 16:7
    70%

    7and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom Yahweh does choose, he [shall be] holy: you take too much on you, you sons of Levi.

  • Deut 31:11
    70%

    11when all Israel is come to appear before Yahweh 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 man-servant, and your maid-servant, and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who 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 out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel:

  • 2 Chr 6:32
    69%

    32Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:

  • Neh 1:9
    69%

    9but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.