King James Version
Deuteronomy 18:8 in the King James Version says “They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. that: Heb. his sale by the ...” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. that: Heb. his sale by the fathers”
Deuteronomy 18:8 · KJV
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;
Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. that: Heb. his sale by the fathers
When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“of his patrimony”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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