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NASB | Acts 4:36 ¶ Now Joseph, a Levite of Cyprian birth, who was also called Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of Encouragement), |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 4:36 ¶ Now Joseph, a Levite and native of Cyprus, who was surnamed Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of Encouragement), |
Bible Question: How can a Jewish, a Levite, (one of the twelve Israelite tribes) Barnabas can sell or possessed land |
Bible Answer: Barnabas was "a Levite of Cyprian birth." Although Numbers 18:20 says: "Then the LORD said to Aaron, 'You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them,'" this didn't prevent him from privately owning land (maybe a private burial plot) either in Israel or more likely in Cyprus. |