Deuteronomy 18:6

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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;

Literal

And if a Levite comes from one of your gates among all Israel, from where he dwells, and he comes with all the desire of his soul to the place that YHWH chooses,

Latin

Si exierit Levites ex una urbium tuarum ex omni Israël in qua habitat, et voluerit venire, desiderans locum quem elegerit Dominus,

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

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Related verses

Numbers 35:2–3
“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
Deuteronomy 12:5
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.
1 Peter 5:2
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;
Psalm 26:8
O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
1 Timothy 3:1
This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
Psalm 84:10
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.
Psalm 63:1–2
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
Psalm 27:4
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
Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
Deuteronomy 16:2
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.

Parallels

1 Corinthians 9:1–18

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Levi: Son of Jacob; progenitor of the Levites

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Covenant Deuteronomy, Book of Kings, Books of First and Second Law of Moses Priests and Levites

Topics

Levites: Profits From: Levites: Tithes and Other offerings Liberality: General Scriptures Concerning

Deuteronomy 18:6

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