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Numbers 18:18-20
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Numbers 18:18-20
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
18 (A)Their meat, however, shall be yours, just as the brisket of the elevated offering and the right thigh belong to you. 19 As a perpetual due I assign to you and to your sons and daughters with you all the contributions of holy things which the Israelites set aside for the Lord; this is a covenant of salt[a] to last forever before the Lord, for you and for your descendants with you. 20 (B)Then the Lord said to Aaron:[b] You shall not have any heritage in their land nor hold any portion among them; I will be your portion and your heritage among the Israelites.
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- 18:19 A covenant of salt: cf. 2 Chr 13:5. The reference may perhaps be to the preservative power of salt (cf. Mt 5:13); but more likely the phrase refers to the custom of eating salt together to render a contract unbreakable. See note on Lv 2:13.
- 18:20 The priests and Levites were forbidden to own hereditary land such as the other Israelites possessed; therefore in the allotment of the land (chap. 34) they did not receive any portion of it. Certain cities, however, were assigned to them for their residence; cf. 35:1–8.
Numbers 18:18-20
New International Version
Numbers 18:18-20
New International Version
18 Their meat is to be yours, just as the breast of the wave offering(A) and the right thigh are yours.(B) 19 Whatever is set aside from the holy(C) offerings the Israelites present to the Lord I give to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt(D) before the Lord for both you and your offspring.”
20 The Lord said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them;(E) I am your share and your inheritance(F) among the Israelites.
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