Deuteronomy 18:6

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4 ^aThe firstfruits of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.

5 For ^athe Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes ^bto stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever.

6 “So if a Levite comes from any of your gates, from where he ^adwells among all Israel, and comes with all the desire of his mind ^bto the place which the Lord chooses,

7 then he may serve in the name of the Lord his God ^aas all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the Lord.

8 They shall have equal ^aportions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his inheritance.

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9 “When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, ^ayou shall not learn to follow the¹ abominations of those nations.

10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter ^apass through the fire, ^bor one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 18:6

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American Standard Version
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;

Amplified® Bible
And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel where he is a temporary resident, he may come whenever he desires to [the sanctuary] the place the Lord will choose;

Contemporary English Version
Any Levite can leave his hometown, and go to the place where the LORD chooses to be worshiped,

Darby English Version
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,

Good News Bible
"Any Levite who wants to may come from any town in Israel to the one place of worship

King James Version
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;

New American Standard Bible
"Now if a Levite comes from any of your towns throughout Israel where he resides, and comes whenever he desires to the place which the LORD chooses,

New International Version
If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,

New King James Version
“So if a Levite comes from any of your gates, from where he dwells among all Israel, and comes with all the desire of his mind to the place which the LORD chooses,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Now if a Levite comes from any of your towns throughout Israel where he resides, and comes whenever he desires to the place which the LORD chooses,

Revised Standard Version
"And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel, where he lives--and he may come when he desires--to the place which the LORD will choose,

Young's Literal Translation
`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,

New English Translation
Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will¹ from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living,² to the place the Lord chooses

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