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Deuteronomy 18:1-8

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.

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