^13:14However, Moses²² did not assign land as an inheritance²³ to the Levites; their inheritance²⁴ is the sacrificial offerings²⁵ made to the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed²⁶ them.

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Footnotes

22 Heb “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
23 Heb “did not assign an inheritance.”
24 That is, “their source of food and life.”
25 Or “offerings made by fire.”
26 Or “promised” (Heb “spoke”). For the background of this observation, see Deut 18:1–2.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance. The offerings by fire to the Lord God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the food offerings presented to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He did not, however, give any inheritance to the tribe of Levi. This was their inheritance, just as he had promised: the food offerings made to the Lord, the God of Israel.

NLTNew Living Translation

Moses did not assign any allotment of land to the tribe of Levi. Instead, as the Lord had promised them, their allotment came from the offerings burned on the altar to the Lord, the God of Israel.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Only the tribe of Levites Moses did not give an inheritance; the offerings made by fire to Yahweh the God of Israel are their inheritance, just as he promised to them.

KJV 1900King James Version

Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.

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