The Meaning of Numbers 18:20 Explained

Numbers 18:20

KJV: And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

YLT: And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, 'In their land thou dost not inherit, and a portion thou hast not in their midst: I am thy portion, and thine inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel;

Darby: And Jehovah said to Aaron, In their land thou shalt have no inheritance, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

ASV: And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the LORD  spake  unto Aaron,  Thou shalt have no inheritance  in their land,  neither shalt thou have any part  among  them: I [am] thy part  and thine inheritance  among  the children  of Israel. 

What does Numbers 18:20 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Aaron, the high priest, received a special portion.

Chapter Summary: Numbers 18

1  The charge of the priests and Levites
8  The priests, portion
21  The Levites,
25  The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites' portion

What do the individual words in Numbers 18:20 mean?

And said Yahweh to Aaron in their land no You shall have inheritance and any portion nor shall have you among them I [am] your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel -
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶֽל־ אַהֲרֹ֗ן בְּאַרְצָם֙ לֹ֣א תִנְחָ֔ל וְחֵ֕לֶק לֹא־ יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֖ בְּתוֹכָ֑ם אֲנִ֤י חֶלְקְךָ֙ וְנַחֲלָ֣תְךָ֔ בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ס

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָ֜ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אַהֲרֹ֗ן  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
בְּאַרְצָם֙  in  their  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
לֹ֣א  no 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תִנְחָ֔ל  You  shall  have  inheritance 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: נָחַל  
Sense: to get as a possession, acquire, inherit, possess.
וְחֵ֕לֶק  and  any  portion 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֵלֶק 
Sense: portion, share, part, territory.
לֹא־  nor 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יִהְיֶ֥ה  shall  have 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְּתוֹכָ֑ם  among  them 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: תָּוֶךְ  
Sense: midst, middle.
חֶלְקְךָ֙  [am]  your  portion 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: חֵלֶק 
Sense: portion, share, part, territory.
וְנַחֲלָ֣תְךָ֔  and  your  inheritance 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
בְּנֵ֥י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation