Chapter 18

The priests the Levites, [and] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat⁴ the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD [is] their inheritance, as he hath said¹⁴ unto them.

And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer⁶ a sacrifice, whether [it be] ox or sheep; and they shall give¹ unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

The firstfruit [also] of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give⁴ him.

For the LORD thy God hath chosen¹ him out of all thy tribes, to stand² to minister¹⁵ in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. ³¹¹⁷

And if a Levite come⁴ from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned,⁶ and come¹ with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;⁴

Then he shall minister¹⁴ in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites [do], which stand⁶ there before the LORD.

They shall have like portions to eat,⁴ beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

When thou art come⁶ into the land which the LORD thy God giveth⁶ thee, thou shalt not learn⁴ to do² after the abominations of those nations.

There shall not be found¹¹ among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass⁵⁶ through the fire, [or] that useth⁶ divination, [or] an observer of times,²⁶ or an enchanter,¹⁸ or a witch,¹⁸

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For all that do⁶ these things [are] an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out⁵⁶ from before thee.

Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

For these nations, which thou shalt possess,⁶ hearkened⁴ unto observers of times,²⁶ and unto diviners:⁶ but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered¹ thee so [to do].

The LORD thy God will raise up⁵⁵ unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;⁴

According to all that thou desiredst¹ of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying,² Let me not hear² again⁵⁵ the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see⁴ this great fire any more, that I die⁴ not.

And the LORD said⁴ unto me, They have well⁵² [spoken that] which they have spoken.¹⁴

I will raise them up⁵⁵ a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put¹ my words in his mouth; and he shall speak¹⁴ unto them all that I shall command¹⁷ him.

And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever will not hearken⁴ unto my words which he shall speak¹⁷ in my name, I will require⁴ [it] of him.

But the prophet, which shall presume⁵⁵ to speak¹⁵ a word in my name, which I have not commanded¹⁴ him to speak,¹⁵ or that shall speak¹⁷ in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.¹

And if thou say⁴ in thine heart, How shall we know⁴ the word which the LORD hath not spoken?¹⁴

When a prophet speaketh¹⁷ in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass,⁴ that [is] the thing which the LORD hath not spoken,¹⁴ [but] the prophet hath spoken¹⁴ it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid⁴ of him.