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Deuteronomy 18:5-7
International Standard Version
Deuteronomy 18:5-7
International Standard Version
5 For the Lord your God has chosen them and their descendants[a] from among your tribes to stand and serve in the name of the Lord all their lives.”[b]
Provision for the Itinerant Levite
6 “Any descendant of Levi who wishes to do so may come from any city or part of Israel where he resides to the place that the Lord will choose. 7 There he may serve in the name of the Lord his God. Like his fellow descendants of Levi who stand there in the Lord’s presence,
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- Deuteronomy 18:5 Lit. sons
- Deuteronomy 18:5 Lit. days
Deuteronomy 18:5-7
New International Version
Deuteronomy 18:5-7
New International Version
5 for the Lord your God has chosen them(A) and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and minister(B) in the Lord’s name always.(C)
6 If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the Lord will choose,(D) 7 he may minister in the name(E) of the Lord his God like all his fellow Levites who serve there in the presence of the Lord.
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