ASV_Strong : Deuteronomy 18
1. The priests[H3548] the Levites[H3881], even all the tribe[H7626] of Levi[H3878], shall have no portion[H2506] nor inheritance[H5159] with Israel[H3478]: they shall eat[H398] the offerings[H801] of Jehovah[H3068] made by fire[H801], and his inheritance[H5159].
2. And they shall have no inheritance[H5159] among[H7130] their brethren[H251]: Jehovah[H3068] is their inheritance[H5159], as he hath spoken unto them[H1696].
3. And this shall be the priests[H3548]' due[H4941] from the people[H5971], from them that offer[H2076] a sacrifice[H2077], whether it be ox[H7794] or sheep[H7716], that they shall give[H5414] unto the priest[H3548] the shoulder[H2220], and the two cheeks[H3895], and the maw[H6896].
4. The first-fruits[H7225] of thy grain[H1715], of thy new wine[H8492], and of thine oil[H3323], and the first[H7225] of the fleece[H1488] of thy sheep[H6629], shalt thou give him[H5414].
5. For Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] hath chosen[H977] him out of all thy tribes[H7626], to stand[H5975] to minister[H8334] in the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068], him and his sons[H1121] for ever[H3117].
6. And if a Levite[H3881] come[H935] from any[H259] of thy gates[H8179] out of all Israel[H3478], where he sojourneth[H1481], and come[H935] with all the desire[H185] of his soul[H5315] unto the place[H4725] which Jehovah[H3068] shall choose[H977];
7. then he shall minister[H8334] in the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068] his God[H430], as all his brethren[H251] the Levites[H3881] do[H5975], who stand there before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068].
8. They shall have like portions[H2506] to eat[H398], besides that which cometh of the sale[H4465] of his patrimony[H1].
9. When thou art come[H935] into the land[H776] which Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] giveth[H5414] thee[H3925], thou shalt not learn to do[H6213] after the abominations[H8441] of those nations[H1471].
10. There shall not be found[H4672] with thee any one that maketh his son[H1121] or his daughter[H1323] to pass[H5674] through the fire[H784], one that useth[H7080] divination[H7081], one that practiseth augury[H6049], or an enchanter[H5172], or a sorcerer[H3784],
11. or a charmer[H2266], or a consulter[H7592] with a familiar spirit[H178], or a wizard[H3049], or a necromancer[H1875].
12. For whosoever doeth[H6213] these things is an abomination[H8441] unto Jehovah[H3068]: and because[H1558] of these abominations[H8441] Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] doth drive them out[H3423] from before thee[H6440].
13. Thou shalt be perfect[H8549] with Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430].
14. For these nations[H1471], that thou shalt dispossess[H3423], hearken[H8085] unto them that practise augury[H6049], and unto diviners[H7080]; but as for thee[H3068], Jehovah thy God[H430] hath not suffered thee so to do[H5414].
15. Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] will raise up[H6965] unto thee a prophet[H5030] from the midst[H7130] of thee[H251], of thy brethren, like unto me[H8085]; unto him ye shall hearken;
16. according to all that thou desiredst[H7592] of Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] in Horeb[H2722] in the day[H3117] of the assembly[H6951], saying[H559], Let me not hear[H8085] again[H3254] the voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068] my God[H430], neither let me see[H7200] this great[H1419] fire[H784] any more[H4191], that I die not.
17. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto me[H3190], They have well said that which they have spoken[H1696].
18. I will raise them up[H6965] a prophet[H5030] from among[H7130] their brethren[H251], like unto thee[H5414]; and I will put my words[H1697] in his mouth[H6310], and he shall speak[H1696] unto them all that I shall command him[H6680].
19. And it shall come to pass[H376], that whosoever will not hearken[H8085] unto my words[H1697] which he shall speak[H1696] in my name[H8034], I will require it of him[H1875].
20. But the prophet[H5030], that shall speak[H1696] a word[H1697] presumptuously[H2102] in my name[H8034], which I have not commanded[H6680] him to speak[H1696], or that shall speak[H1696] in the name[H8034] of other[H312] gods[H430], that same prophet[H5030] shall die[H4191].
21. And if thou say[H559] in thy heart[H3824], How shall we know[H3045] the word[H1697] which Jehovah[H3068] hath not spoken[H1696]?
22. when a prophet[H5030] speaketh[H1696] in the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068], if the thing[H1697] follow not[H935], nor come to pass, that is the thing[H1697] which Jehovah[H3068] hath not spoken[H1696]: the prophet[H5030] hath spoken[H1696] it presumptuously[H2087], thou shalt not be afraid of him[H1481].
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