Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD [is] their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Ils n'auront point d'héritage au milieu de leurs frères: l'Eternel sera leur héritage, comme il le leur a dit.
KJV
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD [is] their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
Philo Judaeus
De Fuga Et Inventione
p. 167, 23 Sch., ubi pro loco Deut. locos N.T. laudat Ambrosius. 12—15 ibid. 27 cui deus portio est (Deut. 18,2) nihil debet curare nisi deum, ne alterius impediatur necessitatis munere . . . haec enim vera est sacerdotis fuga, abdicatio domesticorum et quaedam alienatio carissim…
Philo Judaeus
De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)
τῶν ἀναγκαίων εὐπορῶσιν, ἀλλ’ ὑπερβολῇ χρησάμενος τιμῆς τὸν θεὸν ἔφη κλῆρον αὐτῶν εἶναι (Num. 18,20. Deut. 18,2), κατ’ ἀναφορὰν τὴν ἐπὶ τὰ καθιερούμενα, δυεῖν ἕνεκα, τῆς τε ἀνωτάτω τιμῆς, ἐπεὶ κοινωνοὶ τῶν κατ’ εὐχαριστίαν ἀπονεμομένων γίνονται θεῷ, καὶ τοῦ περὶ μόνα πραγματεύεσθ…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 89 (Migne)
quod ipse Dominus sors eorum sit, sicut de eis scriptum est, loquente Domino: Ego haereditas eorum (Deut. XVIII, 2) . Unde oportet ut qui Deum haereditate possident, absque ullo impedimento saeculi Deo servire studeant, et pauperes spiritu esse contendant, ut congrue Psalmistae…
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