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Deuteronomy 18:7-9
Lexham English Bible
Deuteronomy 18:7-9
Lexham English Bible
7 and he may minister in the name of Yahweh his God, just like all his brothers, the Levites who stand there[a] before[b] Yahweh. 8 They shall eat equal portions,[c] apart from what he may receive from the sale of his patrimony.[d]
9 “When you come to the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you, you must not learn to do like the detestable practices of those nations.
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- Deuteronomy 18:7 Literally “the Levites the ones standing there”
- Deuteronomy 18:7 Literally “to the face of”
- Deuteronomy 18:8 Literally “a portion like a portion”
- Deuteronomy 18:8 Hebrew meaning of these phrases/words is not certain; also could translate as “except what they receive from the sale of their fathers’ estates” (NASB); or “what he may inherit from his father’s family”
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