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Deuteronomy 10:9-11
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9 Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance[a] among his brothers;[b] the Lord is his inheritance just as the Lord your God told him. 10 As for me, I stayed at the mountain as I did the first time, forty days and nights. The Lord listened to me that time as well and decided not to destroy you. 11 Then he[c] said to me, “Get up, set out leading[d] the people so they may go and possess[e] the land I promised to give to their ancestors.”[f]

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  1. Deuteronomy 10:9 sn Levi has no allotment or inheritance. As the priestly tribe, Levi would have no land allotment except for forty-eight towns set apart for their use (Num 35:1-8; Josh 21:1-42). But theirs was a far greater inheritance, for the Lord himself was their apportionment, that is, service to him would be their full-time and lifelong privilege (Num 18:20-24; Deut 18:2; Josh 13:33).
  2. Deuteronomy 10:9 tn That is, among the other Israelite tribes.
  3. Deuteronomy 10:11 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 10:4.
  4. Deuteronomy 10:11 tn Heb “before” (so KJV, ASV); NAB, NRSV “at the head of.”
  5. Deuteronomy 10:11 tn After the imperative these subordinated jussive forms (with prefixed vav) indicate purpose or result.
  6. Deuteronomy 10:11 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 15, 22).
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