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Deuteronomy 18:1-7

1Thepriestsלַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםla.ko.ha.NimH3548theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֜םhal.vi.YimH3881, and all thetribeשֵׁ֧בֶטShe.vetH7626ofLeviלֵוִ֛יle.ViH3878, shall have nopartחֵ֥לֶקChe.lekH2506norinheritanceוְנַחֲלָ֖הve.na.cha.LahH5159withIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478: they shalleatיֹאכֵלֽוּן׃yo.khe.LunH398theofferingsH801of theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068made byfireאִשֵּׁ֧י'i.SheiH801, and hisinheritanceוְנַחֲלָת֖וֹve.na.cha.la.ToH5159.

2Therefore shall they have noinheritanceוְנַחֲלָ֥הve.na.cha.LahH5159amongבְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130theirbrethrenאֶחָ֑יו'e.ChavH251: theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068is theirinheritanceנַחֲלָת֔וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159, as he hathsaidדִּבֶּר־di.ber-H1696to them.

3And this shall be thepriest’sהַכֹּהֲנִ֜יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548dueמִשְׁפַּ֨טmish.PatH4941from thepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971, from them thatofferזֹבְחֵ֥יzoe.CheiH2076asacrificeהַזֶּ֖בַחha.Ze.vachH2077, whetheroxשׁ֣וֹרShorH7794orsheepשֶׂ֑הSehH7716; and they shallgiveוְנָתַן֙ve.na.TanH5414to thepriestלַכֹּהֵ֔ןla.ko.HenH3548theshoulderהַזְּרֹ֥עַha.ze.Ro.a'H2220, and the twocheeksוְהַלְּחָיַ֖יִםve.ha.le.cha.Ya.yimH3895, and thestomachוְהַקֵּבָֽה׃ve.ha.ke.VahH6896.

4Thefirstfruitרֵאשִׁ֨יתre.ShitH7225also of thygrainדְּגָֽנְךָ֜de.ga.ne.KhaH1715, of thywineתִּֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ti.ro.she.KhaH8492, and of thyoilוְיִצְהָרֶ֗ךָve.yitz.ha.Re.khaH3323, and thefirstוְרֵאשִׁ֛יתve.re.ShitH7225of thefleeceגֵּ֥זgezH1488of thysheepצֹאנְךָ֖tzo.ne.KhaH6629, shalt thougiveתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414him.

5For theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathchosenבָּחַ֛רba.CharH977him out of all thytribesשְׁבָטֶ֑יךָshe.va.Tei.khaH7626, tostandלַעֲמֹ֨דla.'a.ModH5975toministerלְשָׁרֵ֧תle.sha.RetH8334in thenameבְּשֵׁם־be.shem-H8034of theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068, him and hissonsוּבָנָ֖יוu.va.NavH1121foreverהַיָּמִֽים׃ סhai.ya.MimH3117.

6And if aLeviteהַלֵּוִ֜יha.le.ViH3881shallcomeיָבֹ֨אya.Vo'H935fromanyמֵאַחַ֤דme.'a.ChadH259of thygatesשְׁעָרֶ֙יךָ֙she.'a.Rei.khaH8179out of allIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, where hesojournedגָּ֣רgarH1481, andcomeוּבָא֙u.Va'H935with all thedesireאַוַּ֣ת'a.VatH185of hismindנַפְשׁ֔וֹnaf.ShoH5315to theplaceהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725which theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068shallchooseיִבְחַ֥רyiv.CharH977;

7Then he shallministerוְשֵׁרֵ֕תve.she.RetH8334in thenameבְּשֵׁ֖םbe.ShemH8034of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068hisGodאֱלֹהָ֑יו'e.lo.HavH430, as all hisbrethrenאֶחָיו֙'e.ChavH251theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881do, whostandהָעֹמְדִ֥יםha.'o.me.DimH5975therebeforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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