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Numbers 18:23 KJV
Numbers · chapter 18 · verse 23
But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.Numbers 18:23 · King James Version
Numbers 18:23 in context
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.
23But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
24But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
25And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- congregationmôwʻêdproperly, an appointmentH4150 →
- generationsdôwrproperly, a revolution of timeH1755 →
- tabernacleʼôhela tentH168 →
- iniquityʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- serviceʻăbôdâhwork of any kindH5656 →
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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