Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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."
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.
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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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 18:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
4
You are to give him the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first sheared wool of your flock.
5 For Yahweh your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in His name from now on.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:8
“At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi
Deuteronomy 17:12
The person who acts arrogantly, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there serving the Lord your God or to the judge, must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
Exodus 28:1-14
“Have your brother Aaron, with his sons, come to you from the Israelites to serve Me as priest—Aaron, his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Numbers 3:10
You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
Numbers 16:5
Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will reveal who belongs to Him, who is set apart, and the one He will let come near
Numbers 16:9-10
Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelite community to bring you near to Himself, to perform the work at the Lord’s tabernacle, and to stand before the community to minister to them?
Numbers 17:5-9
The staff of the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the Israelites’ complaints that they have been making about you.”
Numbers 25:13
It will be a covenant of perpetual priesthood for him and his future descendants,