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Numbers 18:20 KJV
Numbers · chapter 18 · verse 20
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.Numbers 18:20 · King James Version
Numbers 18:20 in context
18And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
19All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
20And 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.
21And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
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Key words (Strong's)
- inheritancenâchalto inherit mode of descent), or to occupyH5157 →
- inheritancenachălâhproperly, something inheritedH5159 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- spakeʼâmarto sayH559 →
- AaronʼAhărôwnAharon, the brother of MosesH175 →
- amongtâveka bisectionH8432 →
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Here is a further account of the provision that was made both for the Levites and for the priests, out of the country. I. They must have no inheritance in the land; only cities to dwell in were afterwards allowed them, but no ground to occupy: Thou shalt not have any part among them, Num 18:20.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-32