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Verse 1

The priests{H3548} the Levites,{H3881} [even] all the tribe{H7626} of Levi,{H3878} shall have no portion{H2506} nor inheritance{H5159} with Israel:{H3478} they shall eat{H398} the offerings{H801} of Jehovah{H3068} made by fire,{H801} and his inheritance.{H5159}

Verse 2

And they shall have no inheritance{H5159} among{H7130} their brethren:{H251} Jehovah{H3068} is their inheritance,{H5159} as he hath spoken{H1696} unto them.

Verse 3

And this shall be the priests'{H3548} due{H4941} from the people,{H5971} from them that offer{H2076} a sacrifice,{H2077} whether it be ox{H7794} or sheep,{H7716} that they shall give{H5414} unto the priest{H3548} the shoulder,{H2220} and the two cheeks,{H3895} and the maw.{H6896}

Verse 4

The first-fruits{H7225} of thy grain,{H1715} of thy new wine,{H8492} and of thine oil,{H3323} and the first{H7225} of the fleece{H1488} of thy sheep,{H6629} shalt thou give{H5414} him.

Verse 5

For Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath chosen{H977} him out of all thy tribes,{H7626} to stand{H5975} to minister{H8334} in the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} him and his sons{H1121} for ever.{H3117}

Verse 6

And if a Levite{H3881} come{H935} from any{H259} of thy gates{H8179} out of all Israel,{H3478} where he sojourneth,{H1481} and come{H935} with all the desire{H185} of his soul{H5315} unto the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} shall choose;{H977}

Verse 7

then he shall minister{H8334} in the name{H8034} of Jehovah{H3068} his God,{H430} as all his brethren{H251} the Levites{H3881} do, who stand{H5975} there before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 8

They shall have like portions{H2506} to eat,{H398} besides that which cometh of the sale{H4465} of his patrimony.{H1}

Verse 9

When thou art come{H935} into the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, thou shalt not learn{H3925} to do{H6213} after the abominations{H8441} of those nations.{H1471}

Verse 10

There shall not be found{H4672} with thee any one that maketh his son{H1121} or his daughter{H1323} to pass{H5674} through the fire,{H784} one that useth{H7080} divination,{H7081} one that practiseth augury,{H6049} or an enchanter,{H5172} or a sorcerer,{H3784}

Verse 11

or a charmer,{H2266} or a consulter{H7592} with a familiar spirit,{H178} or a wizard,{H3049} or a necromancer.{H1875}

Verse 12

For whosoever doeth{H6213} these things is an abomination{H8441} unto Jehovah:{H3068} and because{H1558} of these abominations{H8441} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} doth drive them out{H3423} from before{H6440} thee.

Verse 13

Thou shalt be perfect{H8549} with Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430}

Verse 14

For these nations,{H1471} that thou shalt dispossess,{H3423} hearken{H8085} unto them that practise augury,{H6049} and unto diviners;{H7080} but as for thee, Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath not suffered{H5414} thee so to do.

Verse 15

Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will raise up{H6965} unto thee a prophet{H5030} from the midst{H7130} of thee, of thy brethren,{H251} like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;{H8085}

Verse 16

according to all that thou desiredst{H7592} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} in Horeb{H2722} in the day{H3117} of the assembly,{H6951} saying,{H559} Let me not hear{H8085} again{H3254} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} my God,{H430} neither let me see{H7200} this great{H1419} fire{H784} any more, that I die{H4191} not.

Verse 17

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, They have well{H3190} said that which they have spoken.{H1696}

Verse 18

I will raise them up{H6965} a prophet{H5030} from among{H7130} their brethren,{H251} like unto thee; and I will put{H5414} my words{H1697} in his mouth,{H6310} and he shall speak{H1696} unto them all that I shall command{H6680} him.

Verse 19

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever{H376} will not hearken{H8085} unto my words{H1697} which he shall speak{H1696} in my name,{H8034} I will require{H1875} it of him.

Verse 20

But the prophet,{H5030} that shall speak{H1696} a word{H1697} presumptuously{H2102} in my name,{H8034} which I have not commanded{H6680} him to speak,{H1696} or that shall speak{H1696} in the name{H8034} of other{H312} gods,{H430} that same prophet{H5030} shall die.{H4191}

Verse 21

And if thou say{H559} in thy heart,{H3824} How shall we know{H3045} the word{H1697} which Jehovah{H3068} hath not spoken?{H1696}

Verse 22

when a prophet{H5030} speaketh{H1696} in the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} if the thing{H1697} follow not, nor come to pass,{H935} that is the thing{H1697} which Jehovah{H3068} hath not spoken:{H1696} the prophet{H5030} hath spoken{H1696} it presumptuously,{H2087} thou shalt not be afraid{H1481} of him.

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