Deuteronomy 18

Portion for the Levites

1“1The LeviticalH3881 priestsH3548, the wholeH3605 tribeH7626 of LeviH3878, shall not haveH1961 a portionH2506 or inheritanceH5159 with IsraelH3478; they shall eatH398 the Lord’sH3068 offeringsH801 byH801 fireH801 and His 2propertyH5159. 23They shall not haveH1961 an inheritanceH5159 amongH7130 their countrymenH251; the LordH3068 is their inheritanceH5159, as He 4promisedH1696 them.

3“5Now thisH2088 shall be the priests’H3548 portionH4941 from the peopleH5971, from those who offerH2076 a sacrificeH2077, eitherH518 an oxH7794 orH518 a sheepH7716: they shall giveH5414 the priestH3548 the shoulderH2220, the twoH3895 cheeksH3895, and the stomachH6896. 4You shall giveH5414 him the 6firstH7225 fruitsH7225 of your grainH1715, your newH8492 wineH8492, and your oilH3323, and the firstH7225 fleeceH1488 of your sheepH6629. 57For the LordH3068 your GodH430 has chosenH977 him and his sonsH1121 from allH3605 your tribesH7626, to 8standH5975 to serveH8334 in the nameH8034 of the LordH3068 alwaysH3605H3117.

6“Now ifH3588 a LeviteH3881 comesH935 from anyH259 of your 9townsH8179 throughoutH4480H3605 IsraelH3478 whereH834H8033 he 10residesH1481, and he comesH935 11wheneverH3605 he desiresH185 to the placeH4725 whichH834 the LordH3068 choosesH977, 7then he shall serveH8334 in the nameH8034 of the LordH3068 his GodH430, like allH3605 his fellowH251 LevitesH3881 who standH5975 thereH8033 beforeH6440 the LordH3068. 812They shall eatH398 13equalH2506 portionsH2506, exceptH905 for what they receive from the saleH4465 of their fathers’H1 estates.

Spiritism Forbidden

9“WhenH3588 you enterH935 the landH776 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 is givingH5414 you, you shall not learnH3925 to 1415imitateH6213 the detestableH8441 thingsH8441 of thoseH1992 nationsH1471. 10There shall not be foundH4672 among you anyone 16who makes his sonH1121 or his daughterH1323 passH5674 through the fireH784, one who usesH7080 divinationH7081, a 17soothsayerH6049, one who interpretsH5172 omensH5172, or a sorcererH3784, 11or one who castsH2266 a spellH2267, 18or a mediumH7592H178, or a spiritistH3049, or one who consultsH1875 the deadH4191. 12For whoeverH3605 doesH6213 theseH428 thingsH428 is detestableH8441 to the LordH3068; and 19becauseH1558 of theseH428 detestableH8441 thingsH8441 the LordH3068 your GodH430 is going to driveH3423 them outH3423 beforeH6440 you. 1320You are to be blamelessH8549 beforeH5973 the LordH3068 your GodH430. 14For theseH428 nationsH1471, whichH834 you are going to dispossessH3423, listenH8085 to 21soothsayersH6049 and divinersH7080, but as for you, the LordH3068 your GodH430 has not allowedH5414 you to do soH3651.

15“22The LordH3068 your GodH430 will raiseH6965 upH6965 for you a prophetH5030 likeH3644 me from amongH7130 you, from your countrymenH251; to him you shall listenH8085. 16This is 23in accordance with everythingH3605 that you askedH7592 of the LordH3068 your GodH430 at HorebH2722 on the dayH3117 of the assemblyH6951, sayingH559, ‘Do not let me hearH8085 the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068 my GodH430 againH3254, and do not let me seeH7200 thisH2088 greatH1419 fireH784 anymoreH5750, orH3808 I will dieH4191!’ 17And 24the LordH3068 saidH559 to me, ‘They have 25spokenH1696 wellH3190. 18I will raiseH6965 upH6965 for them a prophetH5030 from amongH7130 their countrymenH251 likeH3644 you, and 26I will putH5414 My wordsH1697 in his mouthH6310, and 27he shall speakH1696 to them everythingH3605 that I commandH6680 him. 1928And it shall comeH1961 aboutH1961 that whoeverH376H834 does not listenH8085 to My wordsH1697 whichH834 he speaksH1696 in My nameH8034, I MyselfH595 will 29requireH1875 it of him. 20But the prophetH5030 whoH834 speaksH1696 a wordH1697 30presumptuouslyH2102 in My nameH8034, a word whichH834 I have not commandedH6680 him to speakH1696, or 31whichH834 he speaksH1696 in the nameH8034 of otherH312 godsH430, 32that prophetH5030 shall dieH4191.’ 21And ifH3588 you sayH559 in your heartH3824, ‘HowH351 will we recognizeH3045 the wordH1697 whichH834 the LordH3068 has not spokenH1696?’ 2233WhenH834 the prophetH5030 speaksH1696 in the nameH8034 of the LordH3068, and the thingH1697 does not happenH1961 or comeH935 true, that is the thingH1697 whichH834 the LordH3068 has not spokenH1696. The prophetH5030 has spokenH1696 it 34presumptuouslyH2087; you are not to be afraidH1481 of him.