Wherefore i.e. because of God's separation of the tribe to Himself.

Levi hath no portion nor inheritance Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 14:27; Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 18:1 f. In P of Aaron Numbers 18:20.

the Lord is his inheritance What this means is defined in Deuteronomy 18:1, they shall eat the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and his inheritance; details follow in 3 f.

according as … spake unto him This is not recorded in the Pent., but may have been found in the original form of JE; see on Deuteronomy 10:8. LXX om. the Lord thy God, and so relieves the text from one of the two instances of the Sg. address in this section.

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