1"The Levitical<3881> priests<3548>, the whole<3605> tribe<7626> of Levi<3878>, shall have<1961> no<3808> portion<2506> or inheritance<5159> with Israel<3478>; they shall eat<398> the LORD'S<3068> offerings<801> by fire<801> and His portion<5159>.
2"They shall have<1961> no<3808> inheritance<5159> among<7130> their countrymen<251>; the LORD<3068> is their inheritance<5159>, as He promised<1696> them.
3"Now this<2088> shall be the priests'<3548> due<4941> from the people<5971>, from those who offer<2076> a sacrifice<2076>, either<518> an ox<7794> or<518> a sheep<7716>, of which they shall give<5414> to the priest<3548> the shoulder<2220> and the two<3895> cheeks<3895> and the stomach<6896>.
4"You shall give<5414> him the first<7225> fruits<7225> of your grain<1715>, your new<8492> wine<8492>, and your oil<3323>, and the first<7225> shearing<1488> of your sheep<6629>.
5"For the LORD<3068> your God<430> has chosen<977> him and his sons<1121> from all<3605> your tribes<7626>, to stand<5975> and serve<8334> in the name<8034> of the LORD<3068> forever<3605><3117>.
6"Now if<3588> a Levite<3881> comes<935> from any<259> of your towns<8179> throughout<4480><3605> Israel<3478> where<834><8033> he resides<1481>, and comes<935> whenever<3605> he desires<185> to the place<4725> which<834> the LORD<3068> chooses<977>,
7then he shall serve<8334> in the name<8034> of the LORD<3068> his God<430>, like all<3605> his fellow<251> Levites<3881> who stand<5975> there<8033> before<6440> the LORD<3068>.
8"They shall eat<398> equal<2506> portions<2506>, except<905> what they receive from the sale<4465> of their fathers'<1> estates.
9"When<3588> you enter<935> the land<776> which<834> the LORD<3068> your God<430> gives<5414> you, you shall not learn<3925> to imitate<6213> the detestable<8441> things<8441> of those<1992> nations<1471>.
10"There shall not be found<4672> among you anyone who makes his son<1121> or his daughter<1323> pass<5674> through the fire<784>, one who uses<7080> divination<7081>, one who practices<6049> witchcraft<6049>, or one who interprets<5172> omens<5172>, or a sorcerer<3784>,
11or one who casts<2266> a spell<2267>, or a medium<7592><178>, or a spiritist<3049>, or one who calls<1875> up the dead<4191>.
12"For whoever<3605> does<6213> these<428> things<428> is detestable<8441> to the LORD<3068>; and because<1558> of these<428> detestable<8441> things<8441> the LORD<3068> your God<430> will drive<3423> them out before<4480><6440> you.
13"You shall be blameless<8549> before<5973> the LORD<3068> your God<430>.
14"For those<428> nations<1471>, which<834> you shall dispossess<3423>, listen<8085> to those who practice<6049> witchcraft<6049> and to diviners<7080>, but as for you, the LORD<3068> your God<430> has not allowed<5414> you to do so<3651>.
15"The LORD<3068> your God<430> will raise<6965> up for you a prophet<5030> like<3644> me from among<7130> you, from your countrymen<251>, you shall listen<8085> to him.
16"This is according to all<3605> that you asked<7592> of the LORD<3068> your God<430> in Horeb<2722> on the day<3117> of the assembly<6951>, saying<559>, 'Let me not hear<8085> again<3254> the voice<6963> of the LORD<3068> my God<430>, let me not see<7200> this<2088> great<1419> fire<784> anymore<5750>, or<3808> I will die<4191>.'
17"The LORD<3068> said<559> to me, 'They have spoken<1696> well<3190>.
18'I will raise<6965> up a prophet<5030> from among<7130> their countrymen<251> like<3644> you, and I will put<5414> My words<1697> in his mouth<6310>, and he shall speak<1696> to them all<3605> that I command<6680> him.
19'It shall come<1961> about that whoever<376><834> will not listen<8085> to My words<1697> which<834> he shall speak<1696> in My name<8034>, I Myself<595> will require<1875> it of him.
20'But the prophet<5030> who<834> speaks<1696> a word<1697> presumptuously<2102> in My name<8034> which<834> I have not commanded<6680> him to speak<1696>, or which<834> he speaks<1696> in the name<8034> of other<312> gods<430>, that prophet<5030> shall die<4191>.'
21"You may say<559> in your heart<3824>, 'How<351> will we know<3045> the word<1697> which<834> the LORD<3068> has not spoken<1696>?'
22"When<834> a prophet<5030> speaks<1696> in the name<8034> of the LORD<3068>, if the thing<1697> does not come<1961> about or come<935> true, that is the thing<1697> which<834> the LORD<3068> has not spoken<1696>. The prophet<5030> has spoken<1696> it presumptuously<2087>; you shall not be afraid<1481> of him.