Deuteronomy 18:6
Good News Translation
"Any Levite who wants to may come from any town in Israel to the one place of worship

New Revised Standard Version
If a Levite leaves any of your towns, from wherever he has been residing in Israel, and comes to the place that the LORD will choose (and he may come whenever he wishes),

Contemporary English Version
Any Levite can leave his hometown, and go to the place where the LORD chooses to be worshiped,

New American Bible
When a Levite goes from one of your communities anywhere in Israel in which he has been residing, to visit, as his heart may desire, the place which the LORD will choose,

Douay-Rheims Bible
If a Levite go out of any one of the cities throughout all Israel, in which he dwelleth, and have a longing mind to come to the place which the Lord shall choose,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If a Levite go out of any one of the cities throughout all Israel, in which he dwelleth, and have a longing mind to come to the place which the Lord shall choose,

come

Numbers 35:2,3 Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites out of their possessions, . . .

and come with

Psalm 26:8 I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

Psalm 63:1,2 A psalm of David while he was in the desert of Edom. [2] O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways! . . .

Psalm 84:5,10 Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps, . . .

1 Timothy 3:1 A faithful saying: If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth good work.

1 Peter 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake but voluntarily:

unto the place

Context
Provision for Priests and Levites
5For 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. 6If a Levite go out of any one of the cities throughout all Israel, in which he dwelleth, and have a longing mind to come to the place which the Lord shall choose,7He shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, that shall stand at that time before the Lord.…
Cross References
Numbers 35:2
Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites out of their possessions,

Numbers 35:3
Cities to dwell in, and their suburbs round about: that they may abide in the towns, and the suburbs may be for them cattle and beasts:

Deuteronomy 12:11
In the place, which the Lord your God shall choose, that his name may be therein. Thither shall you bring all the things that I command you, holocausts, and victims, and tithes, and the firstfruits of your hands: and whatsoever is the choicest in the gifts which you shall vow to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 18:7
He shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, that shall stand at that time before the Lord.

Deuteronomy 18:5
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