Deuteronomy 18:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Deuteronomy 18:5

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.

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KJV

King James Version

For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

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WEB

World English Bible

For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the LORD’s name, him and his sons forever.

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ASV

American Standard Version

For Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Deuteronomy 18

³ This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.

⁴ You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.

⁵ For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.

⁶ Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,

⁷ then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.

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