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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.
Provision for Priests and Levites
The priests, the Levites, [and] the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: Jehovah's offerings by fire, and his inheritance shall they eat,
The priests, the Levites, [and] the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: Jehovah's offerings by fire, and his inheritance shall they eat,
“They shall have no inheritance among their countrymen; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
but they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah, he is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
“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.
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that sacrifice a sacrifice, whether ox, or sheep: they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the jawbones, and the maw.
“You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first shearing of your sheep.
The firstfruits [also] of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstfruits of the shearing of thy sheep, shalt thou give him;
“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.
for Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, that he may stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons continually.
“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 if the Levite shall come from one of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and shall come according to all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah will choose,
then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
and shall serve in the name of Jehovah his God, as all his brethren the Levites that stand there before Jehovah,
“They shall eat equal portions, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers’ estates.
they shall have like portions to eat, besides that which he hath sold of his patrimony.
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.
Sorcery Forbidden
When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.
When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominations 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,
There shall not be found among you he that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, that useth divination, that useth auguries, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.
or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead.
“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.
For every one that doeth these things is an abomination to Jehovah, and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth dispossess them from before thee.
“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.
For these nations, which thou shalt dispossess, hearkened unto those that use auguries, and that use divination; but as for thee, Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee [to do] so.
“The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.
A New Prophet
Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him shall ye hearken;
Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him shall ye hearken;
“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.’
according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
“The LORD said to me, ‘They have spoken well.
And Jehovah said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
‘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.
A prophet will I raise up unto them from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command 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.
And it shall come to pass that the man who hearkeneth not unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I 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.’
But the prophet who shall presume to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.
“You may say in your heart, ‘How will we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?’
And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word that Jehovah hath not spoken?
“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.
When a prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, and the thing followeth not, nor cometh to pass, that is the word which Jehovah hath not spoken; the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: be not afraid of him.