Deuteronomy 18:6 “Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and…”

Deuteronomy 18:6

Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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;

World English Bible

If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel where he lives, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which the LORD shall choose,

American Standard Version

And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah shall choose;

Geneva Bible 1599

Also when a Leuite shall come out of any of thy cities of all Israel, where hee remained, and come with all the desire of his heart vnto the place, which the Lord shall chuse,

Darby Translation

And if the Levite shall come from one of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and shall come according to all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah will choose,

Young's Literal Translation

'And when the Levite cometh from one of thy cities out of all Israel, where he hath sojourned, and hath come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,

Bible in Basic English

And if a Levite, moved by a strong desire, comes from any town in all Israel where he is living to the place marked out by the Lord;

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Cross references

“come”

Numbers 35:2 Numbers 35:3

Numbers 35:2 · BSB

“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.

Numbers 35:3 · BSB

The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.

“and come with”

Psalm 26:8 Psalm 27:4 Psalm 84:5 Psalm 84:10 1 Timothy 3:1 1 Peter 5:2

Psalm 26:8 · BSB

O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

Psalm 27:4 · BSB

One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

Psalm 84:5 · BSB

Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

Psalm 84:10 · BSB

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

1 Timothy 3:1 · BSB

This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.

1 Peter 5:2 · BSB

Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

“unto the place”

Deuteronomy 12:5 Deuteronomy 16:2

Deuteronomy 12:5 · BSB

Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

Deuteronomy 16:2 · BSB

You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.

7then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.

Read Deuteronomy 18