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Deuteronomy 18:1-14

1Thepriestsלַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםla.ko.ha.NimH3548theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֜םhal.vi.YimH3881,evenallthetribeשֵׁ֧בֶטShe.vetH7626ofLeviלֵוִ֛יle.ViH3878,shallhavenoportionחֵ֥לֶקChe.lekH2506norinheritanceוְנַחֲלָ֖הve.na.cha.LahH5159withIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478:theyshalleatיֹאכֵלֽוּן׃yo.khe.LunH398theofferingsH801ofJehovahmadebyfireאִשֵּׁ֧י'i.SheiH801,andhisinheritanceוְנַחֲלָת֖וֹve.na.cha.la.ToH5159.

2Andtheyshallhavenoinheritanceוְנַחֲלָ֥הve.na.cha.LahH5159amongtheirbrethren:Jehovahistheirinheritanceנַחֲלָת֔וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159,ashehathspokenH1696untothem.

3Andthisshallbeיִהְיֶה֩yih.YehH1961thepriests’הַכֹּהֲנִ֜יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548duefromthepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971,fromthemthatofferH2076asacrificeהַזֶּ֖בַחha.Ze.vachH2077,whetheritbeH1961oxשׁ֣וֹרShorH7794orsheepשֶׂ֑הSehH7716,thattheyshallgiveוְנָתַן֙ve.na.TanH5414untothepriestלַכֹּהֵ֔ןla.ko.HenH3548theshoulder,andthetwocheeksוְהַלְּחָיַ֖יִםve.ha.le.cha.Ya.yimH3895,andthemaw.

4Thefirst-fruitsofthygrainדְּגָֽנְךָ֜de.ga.ne.KhaH1715,ofthynewתִּֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ti.ro.she.KhaH8492wineH8492,andofthineoilוְיִצְהָרֶ֗ךָve.yitz.ha.Re.khaH3323,andthefirstH7225ofthefleeceגֵּ֥זgezH1488ofthysheepצֹאנְךָ֖tzo.ne.KhaH6629, shalt thougiveתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414him.

5ForJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathchosenH977himoutofallthytribesH7626,tostandלַעֲמֹ֨דla.'a.ModH5975toministerinthenameבְּשֵׁם־be.shem-H8034ofJehovah,himandhissonsH1121forever.

6AndifaLeviteהַלֵּוִ֜יha.le.ViH3881comeיָבֹ֨אya.Vo'H935fromanyofthygatesH8179outofallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whereH834hesojourneth,andcomeוּבָא֙u.Va'H935withallthedesireH5315ofhissoulH5315untotheplaceהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725whichJehovahshallchooseיִבְחַ֥רyiv.CharH977;

7thenheshallministerinthenameבְּשֵׁ֖םbe.ShemH8034ofJehovahhisGodאֱלֹהָ֑יו'e.lo.HavH430,asallhisbrethrentheLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881do,whostandהָעֹמְדִ֥יםha.'o.me.DimH5975therebeforeJehovah.

8TheyshallhavelikeportionsH2506toeatיֹאכֵ֑לוּyo.Khe.luH398,besidesthatwhich comethofthesaleH4465ofhispatrimony.

9Whenthou artcomeH935intothelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee, thou shaltnotlearnתִלְמַ֣דtil.MadH3925todoaftertheabominationsכְּתוֹעֲבֹ֖תke.to.'a.VotH8441ofthosenationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471.

10ThereshallnotbefoundH4672withtheeanyonethatmakethhissonבְּנֽוֹ־be.nov-H1121orhisdaughterוּבִתּ֖וֹu.vi.ToH1323topassמַעֲבִ֥ירma.'a.VirH5674throughthefireבָּאֵ֑שׁba.'EshH784,onethatusethdivinationקְסָמִ֔יםke.sa.MimH7081,onethatpractiseth augury,oranenchanter,orasorcererH3784,

11oracharmer,oraconsulterwithafamiliarspirit,orawizard,oranecromancer.

12Forwhosoever doeththesethingsH428isanabominationתוֹעֲבַ֥תto.'a.VatH8441untoJehovah:andbecauseoftheseabominationsהַתּוֹעֵבֹ֣תha.to.'e.VotH8441JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430dothdrivethemoutfrombeforethee.

13Thou shaltbeתִּֽהְיֶ֔הtih.YehH1961perfectH8549withJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ ס'e.lo.Hei.khaH430.

14Forthesenationsהַגּוֹיִ֣םha.go.YimH1471,thatthou shaltdispossessיוֹרֵ֣שׁyo.ReshH3423, hearken untothemthatpractise augury,anduntodivinersקֹסְמִ֖יםko.se.MimH7080;butasforthee,JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathnotsuffered theesoH3651todo.

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