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Num. 18:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
spake
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto Aaron
'Aharown (Hebrew #175)
Aharon, the brother of Moses
KJV usage: Aaron.
Pronounce: a-har-one'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
, Thouf shalt have no inheritance
nachal (Hebrew #5157)
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
KJV usage: divide, have ((inheritance)), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).
Pronounce: naw-khal'
Origin: a primitive root
in their land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, neither shalt thou have any part
cheleq (Hebrew #2506)
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
KJV usage: flattery, inheritance, part, X partake, portion.
Pronounce: khay'lek
Origin: from 2505
among
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
them: Ih am thy part
cheleq (Hebrew #2506)
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
KJV usage: flattery, inheritance, part, X partake, portion.
Pronounce: khay'lek
Origin: from 2505
and thine inheritance
nachalah (Hebrew #5159)
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV usage: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Pronounce: nakh-al-aw'
Origin: from 5157 (in its usual sense)
among
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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Num. 26:62• 62And those that were numbered of the Levites were twenty-three thousand, all males from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. (Num. 26:62)
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Deut. 10:9• 9Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God told him. (Deut. 10:9)
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Deut. 12:12• 12And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your bondmen, and your handmaids, and the Levite that is within your gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with you. (Deut. 12:12)
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Deut. 14:27,29• 27And thou shalt not forsake the Levite that is within thy gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.
 29and the Levite--for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee--and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest. (Deut. 14:27,29)
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Deut. 18:1‑2• 1The priests, the Levites, and the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: Jehovah's offerings by fire, and his inheritance shall they eat,
 2but they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah, he is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. (Deut. 18:1‑2)
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Josh. 13:14,33• 14Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance: the offerings by fire of Jehovah the God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to them.
 33But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Jehovah the God of Israel is their inheritance, as he said to them. (Josh. 13:14,33)
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Josh. 14:3• 3For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half tribe beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he had given no inheritance among them. (Josh. 14:3)
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Josh. 18:7• 7But the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance. And Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them. (Josh. 18:7)
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Psa. 16:5• 5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. (Psa. 16:5)
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Ezek. 44:28• 28And 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. (Ezek. 44:28)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Thou shalt have.The principal part of what was offered to God was the portion of the priests; who had no inheritance of land in Israel.
The Rabbins say, 24 gifts were given to the priests; all of which are expressed in the law.
Eight were only eaten in the sanctuary:
1.
The flesh of the sin-offering.
(Le 6:25, 26.) 2.
The flesh of the trespass-offering.
(Le 7:1, 6.) 3.
The peace-offering of the congregation.
(Le 23:19, 20.) 4.
The remainder of the sheaf.
( Le 23:10.)
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The remnants of the meat-offerings.
(Le 6:16.)
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The two loaves.
(Le 23:17.) 7.
The shew-bread.
(Le 24:9.)
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The log of oil offered by the leper.
(Le 14:10.)
Five they ate only at Jerusalem:
1. The breast and shoulder of the peace-offerings.
(Le 7:31-34.) 2.
The heave-offering of confession.
(Le 7:12-14.)
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The heave-offering of the Nazarite's ram.
(Le 6:17-20.)
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The firstling.
(ch.
18:15.)
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The first-fruits.
(18:13.) Five were due to them only in the land of Israel:
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The heave-offering of first-fruits.
(ver. 12.)
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Of the tithe. (ver. 28.)
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The cake.
(ch. 15:20.)
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The first of the fleece.
(De 18:4.)
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The field of possession.
(ch. 35.) Five were due both within and without the land:
1.
The gifts of slain beasts.
(De 18:3.)
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The redemption of the first-born.
(ver. 15.)
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The lamb for a firstling ass. (Ex 4:20.)
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That taken by violence from a stranger.
(ch. 5:8.)
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All devoted things.
One was from the sanctuary, the skins, etc.
(Le 7:8.)no inheritance.
Num. 18:23‑24• 23But the Levite, he shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel shall they possess no inheritance;
 24for I have given for an inheritance to the Levites the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering to Jehovah; therefore I have said of them, They shall possess no inheritance among the children of Israel. (Num. 18:23‑24)
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Num. 26:62• 62And those that were numbered of the Levites were twenty-three thousand, all males from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. (Num. 26:62)
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Deut. 10:9• 9Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God told him. (Deut. 10:9)
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Deut. 12:12• 12And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your bondmen, and your handmaids, and the Levite that is within your gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with you. (Deut. 12:12)
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Deut. 14:27,29• 27And thou shalt not forsake the Levite that is within thy gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.
 29and the Levite--for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee--and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest. (Deut. 14:27,29)
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Josh. 14:3• 3For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half tribe beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he had given no inheritance among them. (Josh. 14:3)
I am thy part.
Deut. 18:1‑2• 1The priests, the Levites, and the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: Jehovah's offerings by fire, and his inheritance shall they eat,
 2but they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah, he is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. (Deut. 18:1‑2)
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Josh. 13:14,33• 14Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance: the offerings by fire of Jehovah the God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to them.
 33But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Jehovah the God of Israel is their inheritance, as he said to them. (Josh. 13:14,33)
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Josh. 14:3• 3For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half tribe beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he had given no inheritance among them. (Josh. 14:3)
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Josh. 18:7• 7But the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance. And Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them. (Josh. 18:7)
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Psa. 16:5• 5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. (Psa. 16:5)
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Psa. 73:26• 26My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever. (Psa. 73:26)
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Psa. 142:5• 5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. (Psa. 142:5)
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Lam. 3:24• 24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (Lam. 3:24)
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Ezek. 44:28• 28And 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. (Ezek. 44:28)
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1 Cor. 3:21‑23• 21So that let no one boast in men; for all things are yours.
 22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours;
 23and *ye* are Christ's, and Christ is God's. (1 Cor. 3:21‑23)
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Rev. 21:3• 3And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. (Rev. 21:3)
• Our priestly place will be nearness to God and joy in Him. (“Numbers 17-18” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehovah said to Aaron, In their land thou shalt have no inheritance, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.