1 ` There is not to the priests the Levites -- all the tribe of Levi -- a portion and inheritance with Israel; fire-offerings of Jehovah, even His inheritance, they eat,

“ 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.

2 a nd he hath no inheritance in the midst of his brethren; Jehovah Himself his inheritance, as He hath spoken to him.

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

3 ` And this is the priest's right from the people, from those sacrificing a sacrifice, whether ox or sheep, he hath even given to the priest the leg, and the two cheeks, and the stomach;

“ 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.

4 t he first of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy flock, thou dost give to him;

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

5 f or on him hath Jehovah thy God fixed, out of all thy tribes, to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, He and his sons continually.

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.

6 ` And when the Levite cometh from one of thy cities out of all Israel, where he hath sojourned, and hath come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,

“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,

7 t hen he hath ministered in the name of Jehovah his God, like all his brethren, the Levites, who are standing there before Jehovah,

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

8 p ortion as portion they do eat, apart from his sold things, with the fathers.

They shall eat equal portions, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers’ estates. Spiritism Forbidden

9 ` When thou art coming in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations:

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

10 t here is not found in thee one causing his son and his daughter to pass over into fire, a user of divinations, an observer of clouds, and an enchanter, and a sorcerer,

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,

11 a nd a charmer, and one asking at a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking unto the dead.

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

12 ` For the abomination of Jehovah every one doing these, and because of these abominations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from thy presence.

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.

13 P erfect thou art with Jehovah thy God,

You shall be blameless before the Lord your God.

14 f or these nations whom thou art possessing, unto observers of clouds, and unto diviners, do hearken; and thou -- not so hath Jehovah thy God suffered 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.

15 ` A prophet out of thy midst, out of thy brethren, like to me, doth Jehovah thy God raise up to thee -- unto him ye hearken;

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

16 a ccording to all that thou didst ask from Jehovah thy God, in Horeb, in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not add to hear the voice of Jehovah my God, and this great fire let me not see any more, and I die not;

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.’

17 a nd Jehovah saith unto me, They have done well that they have spoken;

The Lord said to me, ‘They have spoken well.

18 a prophet I raise up to them, out of the midst of their brethren, like to thee; and I have given my words in his mouth, and he hath spoken unto them all that which I command him;

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.

19 a nd it hath been -- the man who doth not hearken unto My words which he doth speak in My name, I require of 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.

20 ` Only, the prophet who presumeth to speak a word in My name -- that which I have not commanded him to speak -- and who speaketh in the name of other gods -- even that prophet hath died.

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.’

21 ` And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? --

You may say in your heart, ‘How will we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’

22 t hat which the prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, and the thing is not, and cometh not -- it the word which Jehovah hath not spoken; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; -- thou art not afraid of him.

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.