1 “ 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 priests the Levites, even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and his inheritance.

2 T hey shall have no inheritance among their countrymen; the Lord is their inheritance, as He promised them.

And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.

3 “ 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 priests' due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

4 Y ou shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first shearing of your sheep.

The first-fruits of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

5 F or 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, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever.

6 “ 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 a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah shall choose;

7 t hen he shall serve in the name of the Lord his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the Lord.

then he shall minister in the name of Jehovah his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before Jehovah.

8 T hey shall eat equal portions, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers’ estates. Spiritism Forbidden

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

9 “ When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations.

When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

10 T here 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 with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

11 o r one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.

or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

12 F or 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 whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

13 Y ou shall be blameless before the Lord your God.

Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God.

14 F or 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, that thou shalt dispossess, hearken unto them that practise augury, and unto diviners; but as for thee, Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

15 “ The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.

Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

16 T his 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 in Horeb in 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.

17 T he Lord said to me, ‘They have spoken well.

And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken.

18 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.

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

19 I t 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 whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

20 B ut 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, that shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.

21 Y ou 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 which Jehovah hath not spoken?

22 W hen 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, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Jehovah hath not spoken: the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him.