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 and all the tribe of Levi shall have no part nor shall they inherit with Israel; they shall eat of the offerings on fire unto the LORD and of his inheritance.

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

Therefore, shall they have no inheritance among their brethren; the LORD is their inheritance, as he has said 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 right of the priest from the people, from those that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; 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 firstfruits also of thy grain, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstfruits 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 the LORD thy God has chosen him out of all thy tribes to stand to minister unto the name of the LORD, him and his sons all the days.

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 when a Levite comes from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and comes with all the desire of his soul unto the place which the LORD 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 unto the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do who stand there before the LORD.

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 comes 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 shall have come into the land which the LORD thy God gives thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those Gentiles.

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 among you any one that makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire or that uses divination or an observer of times or an enchanter or a witch

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 spiritist or a diviner 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 anyone that does these things is an abomination unto the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD thy God drove them out from before thee.

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

Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD 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 Gentiles, whom thou shalt inherit, hearkened unto observers of times and unto diviners, but as for thee, the LORD thy God has not allowed thee to do so.

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.

¶ The LORD 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 didst desire of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, lest I die.

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

And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken 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 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 whoever 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 which shall presume to speak a word in my name which I have not commanded him to speak or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that 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 thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD has 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 speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not follow nor come to pass, it is a word which the LORD has not spoken, but the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; thou shalt not be afraid of him.