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Deuteronomy 12:19

Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

KJV

Cave ne derelinquas Levitem in omni tempore quo versaris in terra.

Vulgate

πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ μὴ ἐνκαταλίπῃς τὸν Λευείτην πάντα τὸν χρόνον ὅσον ἐὰν ζῇς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

LXX

Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest in thy land.

ASV

הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְ/ךָ֔ פֶּֽן תַּעֲזֹ֖ב אֶת הַ/לֵּוִ֑י כָּל יָמֶ֖י/ךָ עַל אַדְמָתֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לְוִיִּ֔ם
lvym
noun · 286×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פֶּן
pn
conjunction · 132×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:10 — Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
  • 2Chr 11:13 — And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.
  • 2Chr 31:4 — Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.
  • Deut 12:12 — And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no par
  • Deut 14:27 — And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
  • Deut 18:1 — The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
  • Gal 6:6 — Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
  • Neh 10:34 — And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to
  • Neh 13:10 — And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.