" aThe 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 1portion
.
" aThey shall have no
inheritance
among
their 1countrymen
; the LORD
is their inheritance
, as He 2promised
them.
" aNow 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
.
"You shall give him the afirst
fruits
of your grain
, your new
wine
, and your oil
, and the first
shearing
of your sheep
.
" aFor the LORD your God
has chosen
him and his sons
from all
your tribes
, to bstand
1and serve
in the name
of the LORD
forever
.
"Now if a Levite
comes
from any
of your 1towns
throughout
Israel
where
he aresides
, and comes
2whenever
he desires
to the place
which
the LORD
chooses
,
then he shall serve in the name
of the LORD
his God
, like all
his fellow
Levites
who stand
there
before
the LORD
.
" aThey shall eat 1equal
portions
, except
what they receive from the sale
of their fathers'
estates.
"When you enter
the land
which
the LORD
your God
gives
you, you shall not learn
to 1 aimitate
the detestable
things
of those
nations
.
"There shall not be found among you anyone awho makes his son
or his daughter
pass
through the fire
, one who uses
divination
, one bwho practices
witchcraft
, or one who interprets
omens
, or a sorcerer
,
or one who casts a spell
, aor a medium
, or a spiritist
, or one who calls
up the dead
.
"For whoever does
these
things
is detestable
to the LORD
; and abecause
of these
detestable
things
the LORD
your God
will drive
them out before
you.
" aYou shall be 1blameless before
the LORD
your God
.
"For those nations
, which
you shall dispossess
, listen
to those who apractice
witchcraft
and to diviners
, but as for you, the LORD
your God
has not allowed
you to do so
.
" aThe LORD your God
will raise
up for you a prophet
like
me from among
you, from your 1countrymen
, you shall listen
to him.
"This is aaccording 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
.'
" aThe LORD said
to me, `They have 1spoken
well
.
`I will raise up a prophet
from among
their 1countrymen
like
you, and aI will put
My words
in his mouth
, and bhe shall speak
to them all
that I command
him.
` aIt 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.
`But the prophet who
speaks
a word
apresumptuously
in My name
which
I have not commanded
him to speak
, or bwhich
he speaks
in the name
of other
gods
, 1that prophet
shall die
.'
" 1You may say in your heart
, `How
will we know
the word
which
the LORD
has not spoken
?'
" aWhen 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 bpresumptuously
; you shall not be afraid
of him.