Deuteronomy 14:27
Good News Translation
"Do not neglect the Levites who live in your towns; they have no property of their own.

New Revised Standard Version
As for the Levites resident in your towns, do not neglect them, because they have no allotment or inheritance with you.

Contemporary English Version
And since people of the Levi tribe won't own any land for growing crops, remember to ask the Levites to celebrate with you.

New American Bible
But do not neglect the Levite within your gates, for he has no hereditary portion with you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Levite that is within thy gates, beware thou forsake him not, because he hath no other part in thy possession.

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And the Levite that is within thy gates, beware thou forsake him not, because he hath no other part in thy possession.

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Deuteronomy 14:29 And the Levite that hath no other part nor possession with thee, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come and shall eat and be filled: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands that thou shalt do.

Deuteronomy 12:12,18,19 There shall you feast before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite that dwelleth in your cities. For he hath no other part and possession among you. . . .

Galatians 6:6 And let him that is instructed in the word communicate to him that instructeth him, in all good things.

1 Timothy 5:17 Let the priests that rule well be esteemed worthy of double honour: especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

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Deuteronomy 14:29 And the Levite that hath no other part nor possession with thee, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come and shall eat and be filled: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands that thou shalt do.

Deuteronomy 18:1,2 The priests and Levites, and all that are of the same tribe, shall have no part nor inheritance with the rest of Israel, because they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord, and his oblations, . . .

Numbers 18:20 And the Lord said to Aaron: You shall possess nothing in their land, neither shall you have a portion among them: I am thy portion and inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.

Context
Giving Tithes
26And thou shalt buy with the same money whatsoever pleaseth thee, either of the herds or of sheep, wine also and strong drink, and all that thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, and shalt feast, thou and thy house: 27And the Levite that is within thy gates, beware thou forsake him not, because he hath no other part in thy possession.28The third year thou shalt separate another tithe of all things that grow to thee at that time, and shalt lay it up within thy gates.…
Cross References
Numbers 18:20
And the Lord said to Aaron: You shall possess nothing in their land, neither shall you have a portion among them: I am thy portion and inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.

Deuteronomy 10:9
Wherefore Levi hath no part nor possession with his brethren: because the Lord himself is his possession, as the Lord thy God promised him.

Deuteronomy 12:12
There shall you feast before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite that dwelleth in your cities. For he hath no other part and possession among you.

Deuteronomy 12:19
Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land.

Deuteronomy 18:12
For the Lord abhorreth all these things, and for these abominations he will destroy them at thy coming.

Deuteronomy 14:26
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