Deuteronomy 18:6

If a Levite go out of any one of the cities throughout all Israel, in which he dwelleth, and have a longing mind to come to the place which the Lord shall choose,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;

In Context

5For the Lord thy God hath chosen him of all thy tribes, to stand and to minister to the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.

7He shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, that shall stand at that time before the Lord.

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Cross References

Numbers 35:2Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites out of their possessions,

Deuteronomy 12:5But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it:

Deuteronomy 12:14But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes shalt thou offer sacrifices. and shalt do all that I command thee.

Psalms 26:8I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

Psalms 63:1A psalm of David when he was in the desert of Edom.

Psalms 84:10Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:2-9

Maintenance of the Levites. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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