Deuteronomy 18:6-13

English Standard Version

⁶ “And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel, ^(A)where he lives—and he may come when he desires^[a]—^(B)to the place that the Lord will choose, ⁷ and ministers in the name of the Lord his God, ^(C)like all his fellow Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord, ⁸ then he may have equal ^(D)portions to eat, besides what he receives from the sale of his patrimony.^[b]

Abominable Practices

⁹ “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, ^(E)you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. ¹⁰ There shall not be found among you anyone ^(F)who burns his son or his daughter as an offering,^[c] anyone who ^(G)practices divination or ^(H)tells fortunes or interprets omens, or ^(I)a sorcerer ¹¹ or a charmer or ^(J)a medium or a necromancer or ^(K)one who inquires of the dead, ^12 (L)for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And ^(M)because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you. ¹³ You shall be blameless before the Lord your God,