NET Bible
"For the LORD your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently."
— Deuteronomy 18:5, NET Bible
“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.”
“For Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever. ”
“For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons for ever.”
“For the Lord thy God hath chosen him of all thy tribes, to stand and to minister to the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.”
“For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.”
“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.”
They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the LORD alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.
This shall be the priests’ fair allotment from the people who offer sacrifices, whether bull or sheep– they must give to the priest the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
You must give them the best of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the best of your wool when you shear your flocks.
For the LORD your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.
Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, to the place the LORD chooses
and serves in the name of the LORD his God like his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
He must eat the same share they do, despite any profits he may gain from the sale of his family’s inheritance.