Deuteronomy 12:19
Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cave ne derelinquas Levitem in omni tempore quo versaris in terra.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ μὴ ἐνκαταλίπῃς τὸν Λευείτην πάντα τὸν χρόνον ὅσον ἐὰν ζῇς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֔ פֶּֽן תַּעֲזֹ֖ב אֶת הַלֵּוִ֑י כָּל יָמֶ֖יךָ עַל אַדְמָתֶֽךָ
The Fathers on this verse
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews, Of Sacrifices
So, again, we show that sacrifices of earthly oblations and of spiritual sacrifices were predicted; and, moreover, that from the beginning the earthly were foreshown, in the person of Cain, to be those of the “elder son,” that is, of Israel; and the opposite sacrifices demonstrated to be those of the “younger son,” Abel, that is, of our people. For the elder, Cain, offered gifts to God from the fruit of the earth; but the younger son, Abel, from the fruit of his ewes. “God had respect unto Abel, and unto his gifts; but unto Cain and unto his gifts He had not respect. And God said unto Cain, Why is thy countenance fallen? hast thou not, if thou offerest indeed aright, but dost not divide aright, sinned? Hold thy peace. For unto thee shalt thy conversion be and he shall lord it over thee. …