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20 (A)Then the Lord said to Aaron:[a] You shall not have any heritage in their land nor hold any portion among them; I will be your portion and your heritage among the Israelites.

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  1. 18:20 The priests and Levites were forbidden to own hereditary land such as the other Israelites possessed; therefore in the allotment of the land (chap. 34) they did not receive any portion of it. Certain cities, however, were assigned to them for their residence; cf. 35:1–8.

33 But Moses gave no heritage to the tribe of Levi: the Lord, the God of Israel, is their heritage, as he had promised them.(A)

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