5 Mose 18
Hoffnung für Alle
Der Herr versorgt die Priester und Leviten
18 Die Priester und der ganze Stamm Levi sollen kein eigenes Gebiet bekommen wie die anderen Israeliten. Sie sollen sich von den Abgaben und Opfern ernähren, die dem Herrn dargebracht werden. 2 Anstelle des Landes haben die Leviten einen besonderen Reichtum: Der Herr selbst ist ihr Anteil und Erbe! Er versorgt sie, wie er es ihnen versprochen hat.
3 Die Priester haben Anspruch auf bestimmte Teile der Opfertiere. Wenn jemand aus eurem Volk ein Rind, ein Schaf oder eine Ziege als Schlachtopfer darbringt, dann soll der Priester davon die Schulter, die Kinnlade und den Magen bekommen. 4 Ihr müsst den Priestern auch jedes Jahr den ersten Teil eurer Ernte geben, von eurem Getreide, Most und Öl. Auch die erste Schur eurer Schafe gehört ihnen. 5 Denn der Herr, euer Gott, hat aus eurem Volk die Männer vom Stamm Levi erwählt, um in seinem Namen den Dienst im Heiligtum zu verrichten. Sie und ihre Nachkommen haben für immer diese Aufgabe.
6 Viele Leviten werden jedoch nicht beim Heiligtum leben, sondern in verschiedenen Städten in ganz Israel. Wenn einer von ihnen gern an den Ort kommen möchte, den der Herr für sich auswählen wird, 7 kann er dort Aufgaben im Heiligtum seines Gottes übernehmen, genau wie die anderen Leviten, die dort bereits dem Herrn dienen. 8 Er soll die gleichen Anteile von den Opfern und Abgaben bekommen wie sie, unabhängig davon, wie viel er durch den Verkauf seines elterlichen Besitzes erworben hat.
Verbot von Magie und Wahrsagerei
9 Wenn ihr jetzt in das Land kommt, das der Herr, euer Gott, euch gibt, dann übernehmt von den Völkern dort keinen ihrer abscheulichen Bräuche! 10 Niemand von euch darf seinen Sohn oder seine Tochter als Opfer verbrennen, niemand soll wahrsagen, zaubern, Geister beschwören oder Magie treiben. 11 Keiner darf mit Beschwörungen Unheil abwenden, Totengeister befragen, die Zukunft vorhersagen oder mit Verstorbenen Verbindung suchen. 12 Wer so etwas tut, ist dem Herrn zuwider. Gerade wegen dieser abscheulichen Bräuche vertreibt er die anderen Völker und gibt euch ihr Land. 13 Ihr aber gehört zum Herrn, eurem Gott. Darum haltet ihm allein die Treue!
Hört auf Gottes Propheten!
14 Die Völker, die ihr vertreibt, hören auf Magier und Wahrsager. Doch euch hat der Herr, euer Gott, dies verboten. 15 Er wird euch einen Propheten wie mich senden, einen Mann aus eurem Volk. Auf den sollt ihr hören!
16 Ihr selbst habt euch dies am Berg Horeb vom Herrn gewünscht. Als ihr dort versammelt wart, habt ihr gesagt: »Wenn wir weiter die Stimme des Herrn, unseres Gottes, hören, gehen wir zugrunde. Wir können auch dieses gewaltige Feuer nicht länger ertragen, sonst sterben wir!« 17 Der Herr antwortete mir damals: »Die Israeliten haben recht. 18 Ich will ihnen auch in Zukunft einen Propheten senden wie dich, einen Mann aus ihrem Volk. Ihm werde ich meine Worte eingeben, und er wird sie den Israeliten mitteilen. 19 Wer nicht auf das hört, was er in meinem Namen sagt, den werde ich dafür zur Rechenschaft ziehen. 20 Wenn aber der Prophet überheblich wird und etwas in meinem Namen sagt, was ich ihm nicht befohlen habe, oder wenn er im Namen anderer Götter spricht, dann muss er sterben.«
21 Ihr fragt euch vielleicht: Woher wissen wir, ob jemand im Auftrag des Herrn spricht oder nicht? 22 Nun, wenn ein Prophet im Namen des Herrn etwas ankündigt und es trifft nicht ein, dann waren seine Worte nicht vom Herrn. Er hat eigenmächtig geredet, und ihr braucht ihn nicht ernst zu nehmen.
Deuteronomy 18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Provisions for the Levites
18 “The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, will have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They will eat the Lord’s fire offerings; that is their[a][b] inheritance. 2 Although Levi has no inheritance among his brothers, the Lord is his inheritance, as He promised him.(A) 3 This is the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether it is an ox, a sheep, or a goat; the priests are to be given the shoulder, jaws, and stomach. 4 You are to give him the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first sheared wool of your flock. 5 For Yahweh your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in His name from now on.[c] 6 When a Levite leaves one of your towns where he lives in Israel and wants to go to the place the Lord chooses, 7 he may serve in the name of Yahweh his God like all his fellow Levites who minister there in the presence of the Lord. 8 They will eat equal portions besides what he has received from the sale of the family estate.[d](B)
Occult Practices versus Prophetic Revelation
9 “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations. 10 No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire,[e](C) practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery, 11 cast spells, consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead.(D) 12 Everyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable things. 13 You must be blameless before the Lord your God. 14 Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do this.
15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers.(E) You must listen to him. 16 This is what you requested from the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, ‘Let us not continue to hear the voice of the Lord our God or see this great fire any longer, so that we will not die!’(F) 17 Then the Lord said to me, ‘They have spoken well. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. 19 I will hold accountable whoever does not listen to My words that he speaks in My name.(G) 20 But the prophet who dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods—that prophet must die.’ 21 You may say to yourself, ‘How can we recognize a message the Lord has not spoken?’ 22 When a prophet speaks in the Lord’s name, and the message does not come true or is not fulfilled, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 18:1 LXX; MT reads his
- Deuteronomy 18:1 Or His
- Deuteronomy 18:5 Lit name all the days
- Deuteronomy 18:8 Hb obscure
- Deuteronomy 18:10 Either a Canaanite cult practice or child sacrifice
Deuteronomy 18
New King James Version
The Portion of the Priests and Levites
18 “The priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have [a]no part nor (A)inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and His portion. 2 Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He said to them.
3 “And this shall be the priest’s (B)due[b] from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it is bull or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach. 4 (C)The firstfruits of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him. 5 For (D)the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes (E)to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever.
6 “So if a Levite comes from any of your [c]gates, from where he (F)dwells among all Israel, and comes with all the desire of his mind (G)to the place which the Lord chooses, 7 then he may serve in the name of the Lord his God (H)as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the Lord. 8 They shall have equal (I)portions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his inheritance.
Avoid Wicked Customs
9 “When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, (J)you shall not learn to follow the [d]abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter (K)pass[e] through the fire, (L)or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 (M)or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or (N)one who calls up the dead. 12 For all who do these things are [f]an abomination to the Lord, and (O)because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out from before you. 13 You shall be [g]blameless before the Lord your God. 14 For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the Lord your God has not [h]appointed such for you.
A New Prophet Like Moses
15 (P)“The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, 16 according to all you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb (Q)in the day of the assembly, saying, (R)‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.’
17 “And the Lord said to me: (S)‘What they have spoken is good. 18 (T)I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and (U)will put My words in His mouth, (V)and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. 19 (W)And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him. 20 But (X)the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or (Y)who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’ 21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’— 22 (Z)when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, (AA)if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it (AB)presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 18:1 no portion
- Deuteronomy 18:3 right
- Deuteronomy 18:6 towns
- Deuteronomy 18:9 detestable acts
- Deuteronomy 18:10 Be burned as an offering to an idol
- Deuteronomy 18:12 detestable
- Deuteronomy 18:13 Lit. perfect
- Deuteronomy 18:14 allowed you to do so
Deuteronomio 18
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Ofrendas para los sacerdotes levitas
18 »La tribu de Leví, a la que pertenecen los sacerdotes levitas, no tendrá patrimonio alguno en Israel. Vivirán de las ofrendas presentadas por fuego y de la herencia que corresponde al Señor. 2 Los levitas no tendrán herencia entre sus hermanos; el Señor mismo es su herencia, según les prometió.
3 »Cuando alguien del pueblo sacrifique un buey o un cordero, los sacerdotes tendrán derecho a la espaldilla, las quijadas y los intestinos. 4 También les darás las primicias de tu trigo, de tu vino y de tu aceite, así como la primera lana que esquiles de tus ovejas. 5 Porque el Señor tu Dios los eligió a ellos y a su descendencia, de entre todas tus tribus, para que estuvieran siempre en su presencia, ministrando en su nombre.
6 »Si un levita que viva en alguna de las ciudades de Israel, respondiendo al impulso de su corazón, se traslada al lugar que el Señor haya elegido, 7 podrá ministrar en el nombre del Señor su Dios como todos los otros levitas que sirvan allí, en la presencia del Señor. 8 Recibirá los mismos beneficios que ellos, además de su patrimonio familiar.
Costumbres abominables
9 »Cuando entres en la tierra que te da el Señor tu Dios, no imites las costumbres abominables de esas naciones. 10 Nadie entre los tuyos deberá sacrificar a su hijo o hija en el fuego; ni practicar adivinación, brujería o hechicería; 11 ni hacer conjuros, servir de médium espiritista o consultar a los muertos. 12 Cualquiera que practique estas costumbres se hará abominable al Señor, y por causa de ellas el Señor tu Dios expulsará de tu presencia a esas naciones. 13 A los ojos del Señor tu Dios serás irreprensible.
El profeta
14 »Las naciones cuyo territorio vas a poseer consultan a hechiceros y adivinos, pero a ti el Señor tu Dios no te ha permitido hacer nada de eso. 15 El Señor tu Dios levantará de entre tus hermanos un profeta como yo. A él sí lo escucharás. 16 Eso fue lo que le pediste al Señor tu Dios en Horeb, el día de la asamblea, cuando dijiste: “No quiero seguir escuchando la voz del Señor mi Dios, ni volver a contemplar este enorme fuego, no sea que muera”.
17 »Y me dijo el Señor: “Está bien lo que ellos dicen. 18 Por eso levantaré entre sus hermanos un profeta como tú; pondré mis palabras en su boca, y él les dirá todo lo que yo le mande. 19 Si alguien no presta oído a las palabras que el profeta proclame en mi nombre, yo mismo le pediré cuentas. 20 Pero el profeta que se atreva a hablar en mi nombre y diga algo que yo no le haya mandado decir morirá. La misma suerte correrá el profeta que hable en nombre de otros dioses”.
21 »Tal vez te preguntes: “¿Cómo podré reconocer un mensaje que no provenga del Señor?” 22 Si lo que el profeta proclame en nombre del Señor no se cumple ni se realiza, será señal de que su mensaje no proviene del Señor. Ese profeta habrá hablado con presunción. No le temas.
Deuteronomy 18
New International Version
Offerings for Priests and Levites
18 The Levitical(A) priests—indeed, the whole tribe of Levi—are to have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the food offerings(B) presented to the Lord, for that is their inheritance.(C) 2 They shall have no inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance,(D) as he promised them.(E)
3 This is the share due the priests(F) from the people who sacrifice a bull(G) or a sheep: the shoulder, the internal organs and the meat from the head.(H) 4 You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the first wool from the shearing of your sheep,(I) 5 for the Lord your God has chosen them(J) and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and minister(K) in the Lord’s name always.(L)
6 If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the Lord will choose,(M) 7 he may minister in the name(N) of the Lord his God like all his fellow Levites who serve there in the presence of the Lord. 8 He is to share equally in their benefits, even though he has received money from the sale of family possessions.(O)
Occult Practices
9 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate(P) the detestable ways(Q) of the nations there. 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire,(R) who practices divination(S) or sorcery,(T) interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,(U) 11 or casts spells,(V) or who is a medium or spiritist(W) or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; because of these same detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you.(X) 13 You must be blameless(Y) before the Lord your God.(Z)
The Prophet
14 The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination.(AA) But as for you, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do so. 15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites.(AB) You must listen to him. 16 For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the Lord our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die.”(AC)
17 The Lord said to me: “What they say is good. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet(AD) like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words(AE) in his mouth.(AF) He will tell them everything I command him.(AG) 19 I myself will call to account(AH) anyone who does not listen(AI) to my words that the prophet speaks in my name.(AJ) 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods,(AK) is to be put to death.”(AL)
21 You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?” 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true,(AM) that is a message the Lord has not spoken.(AN) That prophet has spoken presumptuously,(AO) so do not be alarmed.
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