Deuteronomy 18:1-13

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)