Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land. New Living Translation And be very careful never to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land. English Standard Version Take care that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land. Berean Standard Bible and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land. King James Bible Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. New King James Version Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land. New American Standard Bible Be careful that you do not abandon the Levite as long as you live in your land. NASB 1995 “Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land. NASB 1977 “Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land. Legacy Standard Bible Beware lest you forsake the Levite all your days upon your land. Amplified Bible Be careful that you do not neglect the Levite [who serves God] as long as you live in your land. Christian Standard Bible and be careful not to neglect the Levite, as long as you live in your land. Holman Christian Standard Bible and be careful not to neglect the Levite, as long as you live in your land.” American Standard Version Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest in thy land. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Beware that you will not forsake the Levites all of your days in the land. Brenton Septuagint Translation Take heed to thyself that thou do not desert the Levite all the time that thou livest upon the earth. Douay-Rheims Bible Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land. English Revised Version Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land. GOD'S WORD® Translation Don't forget to take care of the Levites as long as you live in your land. Good News Translation Be sure, also, not to neglect the Levites, as long as you live in your land. International Standard Version Be careful not to forget the descendant of Levi while you live in the land. JPS Tanakh 1917 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land. Literal Standard Version take heed to yourself lest you forsake the Levite [for] all your days on your ground. Majority Standard Bible and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land. New American Bible Be careful, also, that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land. NET Bible Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land. New Revised Standard Version Take care that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land. New Heart English Bible Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land. Webster's Bible Translation Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. World English Bible Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land. Young's Literal Translation take heed to thee lest thou forsake the Levite all thy days on thy ground. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context One Place for Worship…18Instead, 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, 19and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land. 20When 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.… Cross References Deuteronomy 12:12 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God--you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you. Deuteronomy 14:27 And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you. Nehemiah 13:10 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. Treasury of Scripture Take heed to yourself that you forsake not the Levite as long as you live on the earth. Take Deuteronomy 14:27-29 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee… 2 Chronicles 11:13,14 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts… 2 Chronicles 31:4-21 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… as long [heb] all thy days. Deuteronomy 12:1 These are 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. Jump to Previous Careful Caring Earth Heed Levite Levites Neglect ThyselfJump to Next Careful Caring Earth Heed Levite Levites Neglect ThyselfDeuteronomy 12 1. Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed4. The place of God's service to be kept 15. Blood is forbidden 17. Holy things must be eaten in the holy place 19. The Levite is not to be forsaken 20. Blood is again forbidden 26. and holy things must be eaten in the holy place 29. Idolatry is not to be enquired after Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew and be carefulהִשָּׁ֣מֶר (hiš·šā·mer) Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to not פֶּֽן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest to neglect תַּעֲזֹ֖ב (ta·‘ă·zōḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit the Levites הַלֵּוִ֑י (hal·lê·wî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi as כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every long as you live in עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against your land. אַדְמָתֶֽךָ׃ (’aḏ·mā·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 127: Ground, land Links Deuteronomy 12:19 NIVDeuteronomy 12:19 NLT Deuteronomy 12:19 ESV Deuteronomy 12:19 NASB Deuteronomy 12:19 KJV Deuteronomy 12:19 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 12:19 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 12:19 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 12:19 French Bible Deuteronomy 12:19 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 12:19 Take heed to yourself that you don't (Deut. 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