Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 18:1-8

1Thepriestsלַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםla.ko.ha.NimH3548theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֜םhal.vi.YimH3881,evenH3808allכָּל־kol-H3605thetribeשֵׁ֧בֶטShe.vetH7626ofLeviלֵוִ֛יle.ViH3878, shall havenoH3808portionחֵ֥לֶקChe.lekH2506norH3808inheritanceוְנַחֲלָ֖הve.na.cha.LahH5159withIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478: they shalleatיֹאכֵלֽוּן׃yo.khe.LunH398theofferingsH801of theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068madeיִ֠הְיֶהYih.yehH1961byfireאִשֵּׁ֧י'i.SheiH801, and hisinheritanceוְנַחֲלָת֖וֹve.na.cha.la.ToH5159.

2And they shall havenoלֹא־lo'-H3808inheritanceוְנַחֲלָ֥הve.na.cha.LahH5159among theirbrethrenאֶחָ֑יו'e.ChavH251: theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068is theirinheritanceנַחֲלָת֔וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159, as he hathspokenדִּבֶּר־di.ber-H1696unto them.

3And this shall be thepriests’הַכֹּהֲנִ֜יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548dueמִשְׁפַּ֨טmish.PatH4941from thepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971, from them thatofferזֹבְחֵ֥יzoe.CheiH2076asacrificeהַזֶּ֖בַחha.Ze.vachH2077,whetherH518it beoxשׁ֣וֹרShorH7794orsheepשֶׂ֑הSehH7716, that they shallgiveוְנָתַן֙ve.na.TanH5414unto thepriestלַכֹּהֵ֔ןla.ko.HenH3548theshoulderהַזְּרֹ֥עַha.ze.Ro.a'H2220, and thetwoוְזֶ֡הve.ZehH2088cheeksוְהַלְּחָיַ֖יִםve.ha.le.cha.Ya.yimH3895, and the maw.

4The firstfruits of thy corn, of thywineתִּֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ti.ro.she.KhaH8492, and of thineoilוְיִצְהָרֶ֗ךָve.yitz.ha.Re.khaH3323, and thefirstH7225of thefleeceגֵּ֥זgezH1488of thysheepצֹאנְךָ֖tzo.ne.KhaH6629, shalt thougiveתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414him.

5For theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathchosenבָּחַ֛רba.CharH977himoutמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605ofallכָּל־kol-H3605thytribesשְׁבָטֶ֑יךָshe.va.Tei.khaH7626, tostandלַעֲמֹ֨דla.'a.ModH5975toministerלְשָׁרֵ֧תle.sha.RetH8334in thenameבְּשֵׁם־be.shem-H8034of theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068, him and hissonsוּבָנָ֖יוu.va.NavH1121for ever.

6Andifוְכִֽי־ve.khi-H3588aLeviteהַלֵּוִ֜יha.le.ViH3881comeיָבֹ֨אya.Vo'H935fromanyH3605of thygatesשְׁעָרֶ֙יךָ֙she.'a.Rei.khaH8179outאֶל־'el-H413ofallH3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whereאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834he sojourneth, andcomeוּבָא֙u.Va'H935withallH3605thedesireH5315of hissoulH5315unto theplaceהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068shallchooseיִבְחַ֥רyiv.CharH977;

7then he shallministerוְשֵׁרֵ֕תve.she.RetH8334in thenameבְּשֵׁ֖םbe.ShemH8034of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068hisGodאֱלֹהָ֑יו'e.lo.HavH430, asallH3605hisbrethrenאֶחָיו֙'e.ChavH251theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881doH3605,whichשָׁ֖םshamH8033standהָעֹמְדִ֥יםha.'o.me.DimH5975therebeforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

8They shall have likeportionsH2506toeatיֹאכֵ֑לוּyo.Khe.luH398,besideעַל־'al-H5921that which cometh of thesaleמִמְכָּרָ֖יוmi.ka.RavH4465of his patrimony.

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