Deuteronomy 18:6
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;
Deuteronomy 18:6 in other translations
| BSB | Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose, |
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| WEB | If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel where he lives, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which the LORD shall choose, |
| ASV | And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah shall choose; |
| YLT | ‘And when the Levite cometh from one of thy cities out of all Israel, where he hath sojourned, and hath come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah doth choose, |
| DARBY | And if the Levite shall come from one of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and shall come according to all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah will choose, |
| BBE | And if a Levite, moved by a strong desire, comes from any town in all Israel where he is living to the place marked out by the Lord; |
| Webster | And if a Levite shall come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind to the place which the LORD shall choose; |
What does Deuteronomy 18:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 18:6-8
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:1-8
Care is taken that the priests entangle not themselves with the affairs of this life, nor enrich themselves with the wealth of this world; they have better things to mind. Care is likewise taken that they want not the comforts and conveniences of this life. The people must provide for them. He that has the benefit of solemn religious assemblies, ought to give help for the comfortable support of those that minister…
Deuteronomy 18:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 18:6
- Numbers 35:2-3
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
- Deuteronomy 12:5
But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
- 1 Timothy 3:1
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
- Psalms 26:8
Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
- 1 Peter 5:2
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
- Deuteronomy 16:2
Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there.
- Psalms 84:5
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
- Psalms 63:1-2
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
- Psalms 27:4
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.
- Psalms 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 18:5
For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.
- Deuteronomy 18:6
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;
- Deuteronomy 18:7
Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.
Deuteronomy 18:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y cuando el Levita saliere de alguna de tus ciudades de todo Israel, donde hubiere peregrinado, y viniere con todo deseo de su alma al lugar que Jehová escogiere, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et si le Lévite vient de l’une de tes portes, de tout Israël où il séjourne, et qu’il vienne, selon tout le désir de son âme, au lieu que l’ Éternel aura choisi, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wenn der Levit kommen wird aus einem deiner Tore, aus ganz Israel, wo er sich aufhält, und er kommt nach aller Lust seiner Seele an den Ort, den Jehova erwählen wird, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si exierit Levites ex una urbium tuarum ex omni Israël in qua habitat, et voluerit venire, desiderans locum quem elegerit Dominus, |