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.

thou shalt have.

Numbers 18:24 But be content with the oblation or tithes, which I have separated for their uses and necessities.

gifts were given to the priests; all of which are expressed in the law. Eight were only eaten in the sanctuary:

1.The flesh of the sin-offering.

2. The flesh of the trespass-offering.

3.The peace-offering of the congregation.

4.The remainder of the sheaf.

5.The remnants of the meat-offerings.

6.The two loaves.

7.The shew-bread.

8.The log of oil offered by the leper. Five they ate only at Jerusalem:

1.The breast and shoulder of the peace-offerings.

2. The heave-offering of confession.

3.The heave-offering of the Nazarite's ram.

4.The firstling.

5.The first-fruits. Five were due to them only in the land of Israel:

1.The heave-offering of first-fruits.

2. Of the tithe.

3.The cake.

4.The first of the fleece.

5.The field of possession. Five were due both within and without the land:

1.The gifts of slain beasts.

2. The redemption of the first-born.

3.The lamb for a firstling ass.

4.That taken by violence from a stranger.

5.All devoted things. One was from the sanctuary, the skins. no inheritance.

Numbers 18:23,24 But only the sons of Levi may serve me in the tabernacle, and bear the sins of the people. It shall be an everlasting ordinance in your generations. They shall not possess any other thing, . . .

Numbers 26:62 And all that were numbered, were twenty-three thousand males from one month old and upward: for they were not reckoned up among the children of Israel, neither was a possession given to them with the rest.

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 14:27,29 And the Levite that is within thy gates, beware thou forsake him not, because he hath no other part in thy possession. . . .

Joshua 14:3 For to two tribes and a half Moses had given possession beyond the Jordan: besides the Levites, who received no land among their brethren:

I am thy part

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, . . .

Joshua 13:14,33 But to the tribe of Levi he gave no possession: but the sacrifices and victims of thee Lord God of Israel, are his inheritance, as he spoke to him. . . .

Joshua 14:3 For to two tribes and a half Moses had given possession beyond the Jordan: besides the Levites, who received no land among their brethren:

Joshua 18:7 For the Levites have no part among you, but the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad and Ruben, and the half tribe of Manasses have already received their possessions beyond the Jordan eastward: which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.

Psalm 16:5 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.

Psalm 73:26 For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever.

Psalm 142:5 I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

Lamentations 3:24 Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.

Ezekiel 44:28 And they shall have no inheritance, I am their inheritance: neither shall you give them any possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

1 Corinthians 3:21-23 Let no man therefore glory in men. . . .

Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men: and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people: and God himself with them shall be their God.