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Deuteronomy 10:9

in Deuteronomy 10

That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Wherefore Levi hath no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God spake unto him.)

KJV

Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.

This verse in Deuteronomy 10

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But it is found in the most ancient Hebrew manuscripts, and, believing that all contained in this book was given by inspiration and is entitled to profound respect, we must receive it as it stands, although acknowledging our inability to explain the insertion of these encampment details in this place.

This site's exposition

the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi

on Deuteronomy 10:8-9

Levi receives three offices in one verse: to carry the ark, to serve before the LORD and to bless in His name. The blessing is the one given them at Numbers 6:23-27.

This site's exposition

no portion or inheritance among his brothers

The phrase among his brothers keeps Levi one of the tribes while leaving it without a territory. Joshua 13:14 repeats the arrangement when the land is divided.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The Lord is his inheritance - That is, the Lord's portion, namely, tithes and offerings, which belong to God, are given by him to the Levites for their subsistence, from generation to generation.

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Commentary on Chapter X 2. I will write on the tables - Tho' the tables were broken, because they broke his commandment, they were now renewed, in proof that his wrath was turned away. And thus God's writing his law in our inward parts, is the surest proof of our reconciliation to him.
Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The Lord is his inheritance. Note, A settled ministry is a great blessing to a people, and a special token of God's favour. And, since the particular priests could not continue by reason of death, God showed his care of the people in securing a succession, which Moses takes notice of here,

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • עַל־there-

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כֵּ֞ן-fore

    kenH3651 →771 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הָיָ֧הit belongs

    hayahH1961 →3559 times

  • לְלֵוִ֛יto Levi

    leleviH3881 →291 times

  • חֵ֥לֶקa portion

    chelekH2506 →67 times

  • וְנַחֲלָ֖הand an inheritance

    venachalahH5159 →222 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • אֶחָ֑יוbrothers his

    ʾechavH251 →630 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • ה֣וּאhe

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • נַחֲלָת֔וֹ[is] inheritance his

    nachalatoH5159 →222 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • דִּבֶּ֛רhe spoke

    diberH1696 →1141 times

  • יְהוָ֥הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָGod your

    ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times

  • לֽוֹ׃to <the> him

    lo

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 14:3

    For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 13:14

      To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The offerings made by fire to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 44:28

    In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 18:20

      Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

    • Joshua 13:33

      To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

    • Deuteronomy 18:1–2

      The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD; that is their inheritance.

  • Through

    Numbers 26:62

    The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 35:2–8

      “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.

    • Numbers 3:39

      The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.

    • Numbers 1:49

      “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.

    • Numbers 18:20–24

      Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.