Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“And it shall be with regard to an inheritance for them, that I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel—I am their possession.

King James Version

And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

Holman Bible

“This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

International Standard Version

"Now with respect to the priests' inheritances, I am to be their inheritance, and you are to give them no possession in Israel, since I am their possession.

A Conservative Version

And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance. And ye shall give them no possession in Israel. I am their possession.

American Standard Version

And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

Amplified

“It [their ministry to Me] shall be as an inheritance to them, for I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no property (land) in Israel, for I am their possession.

Bible in Basic English

And they are to have no heritage; I am their heritage: you are to give them no property in Israel; I am their property.

Darby Translation

And it shall be unto them for an inheritance; I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

Julia Smith Translation

And it was to them for an inheritance; I am their inheritance: and a possession ye shall not give to there in Israel: I am their possession.

King James 2000

And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and you shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And [thus] it will be to them as [regards] inheritance, [that] I [am] their inheritance, and [so] you shall not give to them property in Israel; I [am] their property.

Modern King James verseion

And it shall be to them for an inheritance. I am their inheritance. And you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They shall have a heritage; yea, I myself will be their heritage: else shall ye give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

NET Bible

"'This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I am their property.

New Heart English Bible

"'They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

The Emphasized Bible

So shall it become to them an inheritance, I, am their inheritance,- And possession, shall ye not give them in Israel, I am their possession.

Webster

And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

World English Bible

They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

Youngs Literal Translation

And it hath been to them for an inheritance; I am their inheritance: and a possession ye do not give to them in Israel; I am their possession.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נחלה 
Nachalah 
Usage: 222

נחלה 
Nachalah 
Usage: 222

and ye shall give
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

אחזּה 
'achuzzah 
Usage: 66

in Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

Context Readings

The People Serving In The New Temple

27 On the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,” declares the Lord God. 28 “And it shall be with regard to an inheritance for them, that I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel—I am their possession. 29 They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

Cross References

Numbers 18:20

Then the Lord said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.

Deuteronomy 10:9

Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance with his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God spoke to him.)

Deuteronomy 18:1-2

The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the Lord’s offerings by fire and His portion.

Joshua 13:33

But to the tribe of Levi, Moses did not give an inheritance; the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as He had promised to them.

Ezekiel 45:4

It shall be the holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to the Lord, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.

Joshua 13:14

Only to the tribe of Levi he did not give an inheritance; the offerings by fire to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as He spoke to him.

Ezekiel 48:9-11

The allotment that you shall set apart to the Lord shall be 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width.

1 Peter 5:2-4

shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;

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