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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/12.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And be very careful never to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Take care that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be careful that you do not abandon the Levite as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Beware lest you forsake the Levite all your days upon your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Be careful that you do not neglect the Levite [who serves God] as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and be careful not to neglect the Levite, as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and be careful not to neglect the Levite, as long as you live in your land.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest in thy land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Don't forget to take care of the Levites as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Be sure, also, not to neglect the Levites, as long as you live in your land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Be careful not to forget the descendant of Levi while you live in the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />take heed to yourself lest you forsake the Levite [for] all your days on your ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> take heed to thee lest thou forsake the Levite all thy days on thy ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Watch to thyself lest thou shalt forsake the Levite all thy days upon the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Be careful, lest you abandon the Levite, at anytime while you are living in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Be careful, also, that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Take care that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Take heed to yourselves that you do not forsake the Levites as long as you live upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Beware that you will not forsake the Levites all of your days in the land.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Take heed to thyself that thou do not desert the Levite all the time that thou livest upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=3743" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">One Place for Worship</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do, <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: hiš·šā·mer (V-Nifal-Imp-ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">and be careful</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6435.htm" title="6435: pen- (Conj) -- Lest. From panah; properly, removal; used only adverb as conjunction, lest.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ta·‘ă·zōḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">to neglect</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: hal·lê·wî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">the Levites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·me·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">long as you live in</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: ’aḏ·mā·ṯe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">your land.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-27.htm">Deuteronomy 14:27</a></span><br />And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29</a></span><br />Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11</a></span><br />and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-14.htm">Deuteronomy 16:14</a></span><br />And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-11.htm">Deuteronomy 26:11-13</a></span><br />So you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household. / When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates. / Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-20.htm">Numbers 18:20-24</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites. / Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting. / No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-10.htm">Nehemiah 13:10-13</a></span><br />I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields. / So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts, / and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Malachi 3:8-10</a></span><br />Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. / You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. / Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm">1 Corinthians 9:13-14</a></span><br />Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings? / In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-6.htm">Galatians 6:6</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/5-17.htm">1 Timothy 5:17-18</a></span><br />Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching. / For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Hebrews 7:5</a></span><br />Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-4.htm">2 Chronicles 31:4-5</a></span><br />Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD. / As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-19.htm">2 Chronicles 31:19</a></span><br />As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farmlands around each of their cities or in any other city, men were designated by name to distribute a portion to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed by the genealogies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-28.htm">Ezekiel 44:28-30</a></span><br />In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession. / They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them. / The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Take heed to yourself that you forsake not the Levite as long as you live on the earth.</p><p class="hdg">Take</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/14-27.htm">Deuteronomy 14:27-29</a></b></br> And the Levite that <i>is</i> within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/11-13.htm">2 Chronicles 11:13,14</a></b></br> And the priests and the Levites that <i>were</i> in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/31-4.htm">2 Chronicles 31:4-21</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="hdg">as long [heb] all thy days.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Deuteronomy 12:1</a></b></br> These <i>are</i> the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/genesis/25-34.htm">Caring</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-16.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-18.htm">Levite</a> <a href="/numbers/35-8.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-16.htm">Neglect</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Thyself</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/12-28.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Caring</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-24.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-28.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-27.htm">Levite</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-9.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-27.htm">Neglect</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-30.htm">Thyself</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-4.htm">The place of God's service to be kept</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Blood is forbidden</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Holy things must be eaten in the holy place</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">The Levite is not to be forsaken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Blood is again forbidden</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">and holy things must be eaten in the holy place</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-29.htm">Idolatry is not to be enquired after</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/12.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>and be careful not to neglect the Levites</b><br>The Levites were a tribe set apart for religious duties and service to God. They did not receive a territorial inheritance like the other tribes (<a href="/numbers/18-20.htm">Numbers 18:20-24</a>), as their inheritance was the Lord Himself. This command emphasizes the importance of supporting those who serve in spiritual roles. The Levites were responsible for the tabernacle and later the temple services, and they relied on the tithes and offerings of the people for their sustenance (<a href="/deuteronomy/14-27.htm">Deuteronomy 14:27-29</a>). This principle of supporting religious leaders is echoed in the New Testament, where Paul speaks of the right of those who preach the gospel to receive their living from the gospel (<a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm">1 Corinthians 9:13-14</a>).<p><b>as long as you live in your land</b><br>This phrase underscores the permanence of the command. The Israelites were to continually support the Levites throughout their generations. The land was a gift from God, a fulfillment of His promise to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>), and living in it was contingent upon obedience to God's laws, including the care for the Levites. This reflects a broader biblical principle of stewardship and responsibility for the community of faith. The land itself was a type of the eternal rest and inheritance promised to believers (<a href="/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8-10</a>), and the ongoing support of the Levites was a part of maintaining the covenant relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and instructions to the Israelites before they enter the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a></b><br>Members of the tribe of Levi, set apart for religious duties and service in the tabernacle and later the temple. They did not receive a land inheritance like the other tribes.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving instructions on how to live in the Promised Land.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, promised by God to Abraham and his descendants, where the Israelites are to settle.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_covenant.htm">God's Covenant</a></b><br>The agreement between God and the Israelites, including laws and commandments for living in the land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/support_for_spiritual_leaders.htm">Support for Spiritual Leaders</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were commanded to support the Levites, Christians today are called to support their pastors and church leaders, ensuring they can focus on their spiritual duties.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The command to not neglect the Levites underscores the importance of community responsibility and care for those who serve in ministry roles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithful_stewardship.htm">Faithful Stewardship</a></b><br>This verse reminds believers of the importance of faithful stewardship of resources, ensuring that those who dedicate their lives to God's service are provided for.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continuity_of_care.htm">Continuity of Care</a></b><br>The phrase "as long as you live in your land" suggests a continuous, lifelong commitment to supporting those in ministry, not just a one-time or occasional effort.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_god's_provision.htm">Reflecting God's Provision</a></b><br>By supporting the Levites, the Israelites reflected God's provision and care, a principle that applies to how believers today should reflect God's love and provision through their support of church ministries.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_orphans,_widows.htm">What does the Bible say about orphans and widows?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/keep_oil_and_wine_unharmed.htm">Why is beef consumption considered controversial or problematic?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_levites_live_without_farmland.htm">If the Levites had no land inheritance (Joshua 21:2), how could they sustainably live in the granted cities without farmland?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_moses_die_in_the_bible.htm">How did Moses die according to biblical accounts?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">and be careful</span><br /><span class="heb">הִשָּׁ֣מֶר</span> <span class="translit">(hiš·šā·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="heb">פֶּֽן־</span> <span class="translit">(pen-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6435.htm">Strong's 6435: </a> </span><span class="str2">Removal, lest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to neglect</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּעֲזֹ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(ta·‘ă·zōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loosen, relinquish, permit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Levites</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלֵּוִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(hal·lê·wî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> </span><span class="str2">Levites -- descendant of Levi</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">long as you live in</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your land.</span><br /><span class="heb">אַדְמָתֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’aḏ·mā·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Deuteronomy 12:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Deuteronomy 12:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Deuteronomy 12:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Deuteronomy 12:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Deuteronomy 12:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Deuteronomy 12:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Deuteronomy 12:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Deuteronomy 12:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Deuteronomy 12:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Deuteronomy 12:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 12:19 Take heed to yourself that you don't (Deut. 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