Deu 18:5 | NETfull | STEP | For the Lord your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.

Deuteronomy 18:5

5 For the Lord your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand ^{▼▼ Smr and some Greek texts add “before the Lord your God” to bring the language into line with a formula found elsewhere (Deut 10:8; 2 Chr 29:11). This reading is not likely to be original, however.} and serve in his name ^{▼▼ Heb “the name of the Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.} permanently.