Numbers 18:20 “Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their la…”

Numbers 18:20

Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

World English Bible

The LORD 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.

American Standard Version

And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Lord sayde vnto Aaron, Thou shalt haue none inheritance in their lande, neyther shalt thou haue any parte among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah said to Aaron, In their land thou shalt have no inheritance, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, 'In their land thou dost not inherit, and a portion thou hast not in their midst: I [am] thy portion, and thine inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel;

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord said to Aaron, You will have no heritage in their land, or any part among them; I am your part and your heritage among the children of Israel.

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Cross references

“no inheritance”

Deuteronomy 10:9 Deuteronomy 12:12 Deuteronomy 14:27 Joshua 14:3 Deuteronomy 14:29 Numbers 26:62

Deuteronomy 10:9 · BSB

That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.

Deuteronomy 12:12 · BSB

And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

Deuteronomy 14:27 · BSB

And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

Joshua 14:3 · BSB

For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.

Deuteronomy 14:29 · BSB

Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work…

Numbers 26:62 · BSB

The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

“I am thy part”

Ezekiel 44:28 Joshua 13:33 Lamentations 3:24 Joshua 18:7 Psalm 16:5 Psalm 142:5

Ezekiel 44:28 · BSB

In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

Joshua 13:33 · BSB

To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

Lamentations 3:24 · BSB

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

Joshua 18:7 · BSB

The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of th…

Psalm 16:5 · BSB

The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.

Psalm 142:5 · BSB

I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

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

In context

19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”

21Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

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