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, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire and his portion.

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

They shall have no inheritance among their brothers. Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to 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.

This shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the inner parts.

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 your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall 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 Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in Yahweh’s name, 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,

If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he lives as a foreigner, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which Yahweh 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 Yahweh his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh.

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, in addition to that which comes from the sale of his family possessions.

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 you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate 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 you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, 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 whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh. Because of these abominations, Yahweh your God drives them out from before you.

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

You shall be perfect with Yahweh your 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 you shall dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and to diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you 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.

Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.

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.’

This is according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again Yahweh my God’s voice, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die.”

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

Yahweh said to 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 brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to 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.

It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to 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 who speaks a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks 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?’

You may say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which Yahweh 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 Yahweh’s name, if the thing doesn’t follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You shall not be afraid of him.