Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For LORD thy God has chosen him out of all thy tribes to stand to minister in the name of LORD, him and his sons forever.
New American Standard Bible
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.
Holman Bible
For Yahweh your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in His name from now on.
International Standard Version
For the LORD your God has chosen them and their descendants from among your tribes to stand and serve in the name of the LORD all their lives."
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.
Amplified
For the Lord your God has chosen him, him and his sons from all your tribes, to stand and serve in the name of the Lord forever.
Bible in Basic English
For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.
Darby Translation
for Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, that he may stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons continually.
Julia Smith Translation
For in him Jehovah thy God chose from all thy tribes to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons all the days.
King James 2000
For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For Yahweh your God has chosen him from [among] all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, he and his sons {forever}.
Modern King James verseion
For Jehovah your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes to stand and to minister in the name of the LORD: both him and his sons forever.
NET Bible
For the Lord your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.
New Heart English Bible
For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
The Emphasized Bible
For of him, hath Yahweh thy God made choice out of all thy tribes, - to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh of him and his sons all the days.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons for ever.
Youngs Literal Translation
for on him hath Jehovah thy God fixed, out of all thy tribes, to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, He and his sons continually.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 18:5
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Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
4 The first-fruits of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, thou shall give him. 5 For LORD thy God has chosen him out of all thy tribes to stand to minister in the name of LORD, him and his sons forever. 6 And if a Levite comes from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourns, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which LORD shall choose,
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time LORD set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of LORD, to stand before LORD to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
Deuteronomy 17:12
And the man who does presumptuously, in not hearkening to the priest who stands to minister there before LORD thy God, or to the judge, even that man shall die, and thou shall put away the evil from Israel.
Exodus 28:1-14
And bring thou near to thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
Numbers 3:10
And thou shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
Numbers 16:5
And he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the morning LORD will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him, even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near to him.
Numbers 16:9-10
[Is it] a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to
Numbers 17:5-9
And it shall come to pass, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud. And I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they murmur against you.
Numbers 25:13
And it shall be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the sons of Israel.