You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
Parallel Translations
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You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
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And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
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And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Deuteronomy 14:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 18:20 Yahweh said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 14:29 The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, 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.
- Deuteronomy 12:12 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
- Deuteronomy 12:18-19 but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to. Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
- Deuteronomy 18:1-2 The priests and the Levites—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 portion. They shall have no inheritance among their brothers. Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
- Galatians 6:6 But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.
- 1 Timothy 5:17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thou shalt not forsake him; thou shalt give him…
Thou shalt not forsake him; thou shalt give him a share in such tithes, or in the product of them.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Thou shalt not forsake him - Thou shalt give…
Thou shalt not forsake him - Thou shalt give him a share in such tithes or in the product of them.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 14:27-28. The Levite — thou shalt not forsake…
Deu 14:27-28. The Levite — thou shalt not forsake him — Thou shalt give him a share in such tithes, or in the product of them. At the end of three years — That is, in the third year, as it is expressed Deu 26:12. The same year — This is added to show that he speaks of the third year, and not of the fourth, as some might conjecture from the preceding phrase, at the end of three years.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. the Levite within thy gates] The rural minister,…
27. the Levite within thy gates] The rural minister, dispossessed of his allowances by the removal of the tithe from the local sanctuaries.
thou shalt not forsake him] Not in LXX: which adds stranger, orphan, and widow, and other formulas—an instance of how readily these were added by various editors.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 14:27 Because the Levites had no geographic inheritance of…
14:27 Because the Levites had no geographic inheritance of their own and were forbidden to engage in secular work, they depended on the support of other tribes (see 12:12).
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