Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
They shall eat {equal portions}, apart from what he may receive from the sale 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.
Darby Translation
they shall have like portions to eat, besides that which he hath sold of his patrimony.
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.
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 he may minister in the name of Yahweh his God, [just] like all his brothers, {the Levites who stand there} {before} Yahweh. 8 They shall eat {equal portions}, apart from what he may receive from the sale of his patrimony. 9 "When you come to the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you, you must not learn to do like the detestable practices of those nations.
Cross References
Nehemiah 12:44
On that day men were appointed for the storehouse rooms, the offerings, the first fruits, and the tithes, in order to gather in them from the fields of the cities the requirements of the law for the priests and Levites; for the joy of Judah [was] upon the priests and Levites standing there.
Nehemiah 12:47
So all of Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the daily food portions of the singers and gatekeepers. And they set apart [that which was for] the Levites, and the Levites set apart [that which was for] the descendants of Aaron.
2 Chronicles 31:4
Then he said to the people, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to give a gift for the priests and the Levites, so that they might be strong in the law of Yahweh.
Leviticus 7:8-9
" 'And the priest who presents {a person's} burnt offering, to that priest {belongs} the skin of the burnt offering that he presented.
Leviticus 7:14
And he shall present one of each kind of [grain] offering [as] a contribution for Yahweh; {it belongs to} the priest who sprinkles the fellowship offerings' blood.
Luke 10:7
And remain in the same house, eating and drinking {whatever they provide}, for the worker [is] worthy of his pay. Do not move from house to house.
1 Corinthians 9:7-14
Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Who shepherds a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?
1 Timothy 5:17-18
The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching.