1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no
part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made
by fire, and his inheritance.
2 Therefore
shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their
inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
3 And
this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a
sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto
the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
4 The
firstfruit also of
thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy
sheep, shalt thou give him.
5 For
the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in
the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
6 And
if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned,
and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall
choose;
7 Then
he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the
Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
8 They
shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his
patrimony.
9 When
thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not
learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
10 There
shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to
pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an
observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or
a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 For
all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and
because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before
thee.
13 Thou
shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
14 For
these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and
unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
15 The
LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy
brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
16 According
to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the
assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither
let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
17 And
the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
18 I
will raise them up a Prophet 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.
19 And
it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my
words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of
him.
20 But
the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not
commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even
that prophet shall die.
21 And
if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not
spoken?
22 When
a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come
to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not
spoken, but the
prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
