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Portion of the Levites
“The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the LORD’S offerings by fire and His portion.
“The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the LORD’S offerings by fire and His portion.
They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them.
“They shall have no inheritance among their countrymen; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
And this shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those offering a sacrifice, whether an ox or a sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach.
“Now this shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, either an ox or a sheep, of which they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach.
The firstfruits of your grain, of your wine and of your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
“You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first shearing of your sheep.
For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.
“For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes, to stand and serve in the name of the LORD forever.
“Now if a Levite comes from any of your towns throughout Israel where he resides, and comes whenever he desires to the place which the LORD chooses,
and ministers in the name of the Lord his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord,
then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
“They shall eat equal portions, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers’ estates.
Abominable Practices
“When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations.
“When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations.
Spiritism Forbidden
“When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations.
“There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead,
or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.
for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
“For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you.
You shall be blameless before the Lord your God,
“You shall be blameless before the LORD your God.
for these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and to diviners. But as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do this.
“For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.
A New Prophet like Moses
“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers — it is to him you shall listen —
“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers — it is to him you shall listen —
“The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.
just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’
“This is according to all that you asked of the LORD your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.’
And the Lord said to me, ‘They are right in what they have spoken.
“The LORD said to me, ‘They have spoken well.
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
‘I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
‘It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.
‘But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’
And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’ —
“You may say in your heart, ‘How will we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?’
when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.
“When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.