Deuteronomy 18:5
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New International Version (©2011)
for the LORD your God has chosen them and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the LORD's name always.

New Living Translation (©2007)
For the LORD your God chose the tribe of Levi out of all your tribes to minister in the LORD's name forever.

English Standard Version (©2001)
For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for all time.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes, to stand and serve in the name of the LORD forever.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
For Yahweh your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in His name from now on.

International Standard Version (©2012)
For the LORD your God has chosen them and their descendants from among your tribes to stand and serve in the name of the LORD all their lives."

NET Bible (©2006)
For the LORD your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Out of all your tribes, the LORD your God has chosen the Levites and their descendants to do the work of serving in the name of the LORD forever.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever.

American King James Version
For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

American Standard Version
For Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the Lord thy God hath chosen him of all thy tribes, to stand and to minister to the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.

Darby Bible Translation
for Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, that he may stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons continually.

English Revised Version
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

World English Bible
For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons for ever.

Young's Literal Translation
for on him hath Jehovah thy God fixed, out of all thy tribes, to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, He and his sons continually.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

18:1-8 Care is taken that the priests entangle not themselves with the affairs of this life, nor enrich themselves with the wealth of this world; they have better things to mind. Care is likewise taken that they want not the comforts and conveniences of this life. The people must provide for them. He that has the benefit of solemn religious assemblies, ought to give help for the comfortable support of those that minister in such assemblies.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 5. - The reason assigned for the enactment is that God had chosen the priest to stand and minister in the Name of Jehovah, i.e. not only by his appointment and authority, but with full power to act as mediator between the people and God. Him and his sons forever; referring to the establishment of the priesthood in the family of Aaron.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes,.... That is, has chosen the tribe of Levi out of all the other tribes of Israel:

to stand to minister in the name of the Lord; the priests to minister to the Lord by offering sacrifices, and the Levites to minister to the priests in assisting them in their service; and both their ministry were in the name of the Lord, and for his glory, and done standing; for there was no sitting in the sanctuary (w); the priestly ministry was only performed standing (x), whatever was done sitting was rejected (y); see Hebrews 10:11,

him and his sons for ever; Levi and his posterity, or the posterity of the tribe of Levi, were chosen by the Lord to this service, to be employed in it as long as the ceremonial law continued, on which stood the Levitical priesthood; but both are now abolished by Christ, having their accomplishment in him, Hebrews 7:11.

(w) Maimon. in Misn. Zebachim, c. 2. sect. 1.((x) Bartenora in ib. (y) Misn. ib.

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Provision for Priests and Levites
…4The first fruit also of your corn, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him. 5For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. 6And if a Levite come from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind to the place which the LORD shall choose; …

Exodus 29:9 and fasten caps on them. Then tie sashes on Aaron and his sons. The priesthood is theirs by a lasting ordinance. "Then you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.
Deuteronomy 10:8 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.