American Standard Version
"And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee. "
— Deuteronomy 14:27, American Standard Version
“And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.”
“The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him; for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.”
“As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you.”
“And the Levite that is within thy gates, beware thou forsake him not, because he hath no other part in thy possession.”
“And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.”
“And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.”
And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee;
then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose:
and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.
And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.
At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, 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.