Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

They shall eat equal portions, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers’ estates.

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 equal portions to eat, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers’ estates.

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
to eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

ממכּר 
Mimkar 
Usage: 10

Verse Info

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

7 He may serve there, as a priest of Jehovah his God, like the other Levites who are serving there. 8 They shall eat equal portions, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers’ estates. 9 When you come into the land that Jehovah your God gives you, do not follow the disgusting practices of the nations that are there.

Cross References

Nehemiah 12:44

Men were stationed over the houses where the contributions and the first fruits and the tenths were stored. They were to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town. The law fixed this for the priests and the Levites: Judah was glad on account of the priests and the Levites who were in their places.

Nehemiah 12:47

All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave what the music-makers and the gatekeepers deeded day by day. They made the offerings holy for the Levites; and the Levites did the same for the sons of Aaron.

2 Chronicles 31:4

He told the people living in Jerusalem to give the priests and Levites the portions they were due so that they could devote themselves to Jehovah's Law.

Leviticus 7:8-9

The skin of the burnt offering belongs to the priest who sacrifices it.

Leviticus 7:14

He will present one of every offering as a contribution to Jehovah. It will belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.

Luke 10:7

Remain in that house eating and drinking what they give you. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not stay in different houses.

1 Corinthians 9:7-14

Does a soldier serve at his own expense? Does the one who plants a vineyard not eat of the fruit it produces? Who shepherds a flock and does not eat some of the milk from the flock?

1 Timothy 5:17-18

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

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