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They shall have no inheritance among their brothers: Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
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God as Their Inheritance
Commentators explain that the priests and Levites did not receive a land inheritance like the other tribes. Instead, their inheritance was the Lord Himself. This had a dual meaning: they were provided for temporally through portions of the sacrifices given to God, and they enjoyed a special spiritual relationship and communion with Him as their covenant God.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 18:1–5.
THE PRIESTS’ DUE.
The priests the Levites, (and) all the tribe of Levi.<…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore shall they have none inheritance among their brethren Neither of the field,…
Presbyterian
Care is taken that the priests do not entangle themselves with the affairs of this life, nor enrich themselves with the wealth of this world; they …
