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Deuteronomy 18

Deut. 18:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore shall they have no inheritance
nachalah (Hebrew #5159)
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV usage: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Pronounce: nakh-al-aw'
Origin: from 5157 (in its usual sense)
among
qereb (Hebrew #7130)
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
KJV usage: X among, X before, bowels, X unto charge, + eat (up), X heart, X him, X in, inward (X -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, + out of, purtenance, X therein, X through, X within self.
Pronounce: keh'-reb
Origin: from 7126
their brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
: theg Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
is their inheritance
nachalah (Hebrew #5159)
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV usage: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Pronounce: nakh-al-aw'
Origin: from 5157 (in its usual sense)
, as he hath said
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them.
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Psa. 16:5• 5Jehovah [is] the portion of mine inheritance and my cup;{HR}Thou maintainest my lot. (Psa. 16:5)
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Lam. 3:24• 24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (Lam. 3:24)

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the Lord.
Gen. 15:1• 1After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. (Gen. 15:1)
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Psa. 16:5• 5Jehovah [is] the portion of mine inheritance and my cup;{HR}Thou maintainest my lot. (Psa. 16:5)
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Psa. 73:24‑26• 24By thy counsel thou wilt guide me,{HR}And after glory wilt receive me.
 25Whom have I in the heavens?{HR}And beside thee none I desire upon the earth.
 26My flesh and my heart faileth;{HR}Rock of my heart and my portion [is] God forever. (Psa. 73:24‑26)
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Psa. 84:11• 11For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God;{HR}Grace and glory will Jehovah give,{HR}No good thing will he withhold from those that walk uprightly. (Psa. 84:11)
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Psa. 119:57• 57My portion, Jehovah, I have said,{HR}[Is] that I will keep thy words. (Psa. 119:57)
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Isa. 61:6• 6But ye shall be named Priests of Jehovah: they shall call you Ministers of our God. Ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and into their glory shall ye enter. (Isa. 61:6)
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Lam. 3:24• 24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (Lam. 3:24)
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1 Peter 2:5,9• 5yourselves also as living stones are being builded up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:5,9)
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Rev. 1:5‑6• 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loveth us and washed us from our sins in his blood,
 6and he made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father: to him be the glory and the might unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (Rev. 1:5‑6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah, he is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

W. Kelly Translation

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Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren. Jehovah is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.