Deuteronomy 18

1`There is not to the priests the Levites--all the tribe of Levi--a portion and inheritance with Israel; fire-offerings of Jehovah, even His inheritance, they eat,

1The priests, the Levites, [and] the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: Jehovah's offerings by fire, and his inheritance shall they eat,

2and he hath no inheritance in the midst of his brethren; Jehovah Himself <FI>is<Fi> his inheritance, as He hath spoken to him.

2but they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah, he is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

3`And this is the priest's right from the people, from those sacrificing a sacrifice, whether ox or sheep, he hath even given to the priest the leg, and the two cheeks, and the stomach;

3And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that sacrifice a sacrifice, whether ox, or sheep: they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the jawbones, and the maw.

4the first of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy flock, thou dost give to him;

4The firstfruits [also] of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstfruits of the shearing of thy sheep, shalt thou give him;

5for on him hath Jehovah thy God fixed, out of all thy tribes, to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, He and his sons continually.

5for Jehovah thyGod hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, that he may stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons continually.

6`And when the Levite cometh from one of thy cities out of all Israel, where he hath sojourned, and hath come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,

6And if the Levite shall come from one of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and shall come according to all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah will choose,

7then he hath ministered in the name of Jehovah his God, like all his brethren, the Levites, who are standing there before Jehovah,

7and shall serve in the name of Jehovah hisGod, as all his brethren the Levites that stand there before Jehovah,

8portion as portion they do eat, apart from his sold things, with the fathers.

8— they shall have like portions to eat, besides that which he hath sold of his patrimony.

9`When thou art coming in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations:

9When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thyGod giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.

10there is not found in thee one causing his son and his daughter to pass over into fire, a user of divinations, an observer of clouds, and an enchanter, and a sorcerer,

10There shall not be found among you he that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, that useth divination, that useth auguries, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

11and a charmer, and one asking at a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking unto the dead.

11or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead.

12`For the abomination of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> every one doing these, and because of these abominations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from thy presence.

12For every one that doeth these things is an abomination to Jehovah, and because of these abominations Jehovah thyGod doth dispossess them from before thee.

13Perfect thou art with Jehovah thy God,

13Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thyGod.

14for these nations whom thou art possessing, unto observers of clouds, and unto diviners, do hearken; and thou--not so hath Jehovah thy God suffered thee.

14For these nations, which thou shalt dispossess, hearkened unto those that use auguries, and that use divination; but as for thee, Jehovah thyGod hath not suffered thee [to do] so.

15`A prophet out of thy midst, out of thy brethren, like to me, doth Jehovah thy God raise up to thee--unto him ye hearken;

15Jehovah thyGod will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him shall ye hearken;

16according to all that thou didst ask from Jehovah thy God, in Horeb, in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not add to hear the voice of Jehovah my God, and this great fire let me not see any more, and I die not;

16according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thyGod at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah myGod, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

17and Jehovah saith unto me, They have done well that they have spoken;

17And Jehovah said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.

18a prophet I raise up to them, out of the midst of their brethren, like to thee; and I have given my words in his mouth, and he hath spoken unto them all that which I command him;

18A prophet will I raise up unto them from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

19and it hath been--the man who doth not hearken unto My words which he doth speak in My name, I require <FI>it<Fi> of him.

19And it shall come to pass that the man who hearkeneth not unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

20`Only, the prophet who presumeth to speak a word in My name--that which I have not commanded him to speak--and who speaketh in the name of other gods--even that prophet hath died.

20But the prophet who shall presume to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of othergods, that prophet shall die.

21`And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? --

21And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word that Jehovah hath not spoken?

22that which the prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, and the thing is not, and cometh not--it <FI>is<Fi> the word which Jehovah hath not spoken; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; --thou art not afraid of him.

22When a prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, and the thing followeth not, nor cometh to pass, that is the word which Jehovah hath not spoken; the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: be not afraid of him.