New King James Version
Deuteronomy 18:2
2Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He said to them.
Deuteronomy 18:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
- New International Version (NIV)They shall have no inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They will have no land of their own among the Israelites. The Lord himself is their special possession, just as he promised them.
Context of Deuteronomy 18:2
1“The priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and His portion. Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He said to them. 3“And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it is bull or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach. 4The firstfruits of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
Read all of Deuteronomy 18Deuteronomy 18:2 word by word
וְנַחֲלָ֥ה לֹא־יִֽהְיֶה־לּ֖וֹ בְּקֶ֣רֶב אֶחָ֑יו יְהוָה֙ ה֣וּא נַחֲלָת֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־לֽוֹ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 18:2
- Genesis 15:1After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
- Psalms 16:5O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot.
- Psalms 73:24You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
- Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
- Psalms 119:57You are my portion, O Lord; I have said that I would keep Your words.
- Isaiah 61:6But you shall be named the priests of the Lord, They shall call you the servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory you shall boast.
- Lamentations 3:24“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”
- 1 Peter 2:5you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 18:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The Lord is their inheritance - He is the portion of their souls; and as to their bodies, they shall live by the offerings of the Lord made by fire, i. e., the meat-offering, the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and whatever was the Lord's right, in these or other offerings, he gave to the priests.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2the LORD is their inheritance: The inheritance of the Levites was spiritual, not territorial or material. They possessed the Lord by giving their whole lives to his service. This idea is the remarkable reversal of the idea that the Lord possessed Israel (see 7:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-81. The priests the Levites ... shall eat the offerings--As the tribe of Levi had no inheritance allotted them like the other tribes but were wholly consecrated to the priestly office, their maintenance was to arise from tithes, first-fruits, and certain portions of the oblations presented on the altar, which God having by express appointment reserved to Himself made over, after being offered, to His ministers.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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