Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
they shall have like portions to eat, besides that which he hath sold of his patrimony.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
Holman Bible
They will eat equal portions besides what he has received from the sale of the family estate.
International Standard Version
he may eat the same share as they do regardless of what he receives from his ancestral estate."
A Conservative Version
They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.
American Standard Version
They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
Amplified
They shall have
Bible in Basic English
His food will be the same as theirs, in addition to what has come to him as the price of his property.
Julia Smith Translation
Portion according to portion shall they eat, besides his sellings according to the fathers.
King James 2000
They shall have equal portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his family possessions.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They shall eat {equal portions}, apart from what he may receive from the sale of his patrimony.
Modern King James verseion
They shall have the same portions to eat, besides that of the sales of the inheritance from his father.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh to him of the patrimony of his elders.
NET Bible
He must eat the same share they do, despite any profits he may gain from the sale of his family's inheritance.
New Heart English Bible
They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.
The Emphasized Bible
Portion for portion, shall they eat, - apart from his possessions upon his patrimony.
Webster
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
World English Bible
They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.
Youngs Literal Translation
portion as portion they do eat, apart from his sold things, with the fathers.
Interlinear
Cheleq
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 18:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
7 and shall serve in the name of Jehovah his God, as all his brethren the Levites that stand there before Jehovah, 8 they shall have like portions to eat, besides that which he hath sold of his patrimony. 9 When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.
Cross References
Nehemiah 12:44
And at that time men were appointed over the chambers of the treasures for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, out of the fields of the cities, the portions assigned by the law for the priests and the Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests, and over the Levites that waited.
Nehemiah 12:47
And all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, every day what was needed, and they consecrated things for the Levites; and the Levites consecrated for the children of Aaron.
2 Chronicles 31:4
And he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of Jehovah.
Leviticus 7:8-9
And as to the priest that presenteth any man's burnt-offering, the skin of the burnt-offering which he hath presented shall be the priest's for himself.
Leviticus 7:14
And of it he shall present one out of the whole offering as a heave-offering to Jehovah; to the priest that sprinkleth the blood of the peace-offering, to him it shall belong.
Luke 10:7
And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such things as they have; for the workman is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house.
1 Corinthians 9:7-14
Who ever carries on war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? or who herds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?
1 Timothy 5:17-18
Let the elders who take the lead among the saints well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching;