Deuteronomy 18:1-14

1“1The 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 2portion. 23They shall have no inheritance among their 4countrymen; the Lord is their inheritance, as He 5promised them.

3“6Now 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. 4You shall give him the 7first fruits of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first shearing of your sheep. 58For the Lord your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes, to 9stand 10and serve in the name of the Lord forever.

6“Now if a Levite comes from any of your 11towns throughout Israel where he 12resides, and comes 13whenever he desires to the place which the Lord chooses, 7then he shall serve in the name of the Lord his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the Lord. 814They shall eat 15equal portions, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers’ estates.

9“When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to 1617imitate the detestable things of those nations. 10There shall not be found among you anyone 18who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one 19who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11or one who casts a spell, 20or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12For whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord; and 21because of these detestable things the Lord your God will drive them out before you. 1322You shall be 23blameless before the Lord your God. 14For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who 24practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so.