Deuteronomy 18:6-8
King James Version
6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;
7 Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.
8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
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Deuteronomy 18:6-8
English Standard Version
6 “And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel, (A)where he lives—and he may come when he desires[a]—(B)to the place that the Lord will choose, 7 and ministers in the name of the Lord his God, (C)like all his fellow Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord, 8 then he may have equal (D)portions to eat, besides what he receives from the sale of his patrimony.[b]
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- Deuteronomy 18:6 Or lives—if he comes enthusiastically
- Deuteronomy 18:8 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
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