18 3 The portion of the Levites. 6 Of the Levites coming from another place. 9 To avoid the abominations of the Gentiles. 15 God will not leave them without a true Prophet.

¹ The Priests of the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi ^(A)shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel, ^(B)but shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his ^[a]inheritance.

² Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: for the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

³ ¶ And this shall be the Priest’s duty of the people, that they which offer sacrifice, whether it be bullock or sheep, shall give unto the Priest the ^[b]shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

⁴ The firstfruits 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 and minister in the Name of the Lord, him, and his sons forever.

⁶ ¶ Also when a Levite shall come out of any of thy cities of all Israel, where he remained, and come with ^[c]all the desire of his heart unto the place, which the Lord shall choose,

⁷ He shall then minister in the Name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites, which remain there before the Lord.

⁸ They shall have like portions to eat ^[d]beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

⁹ When thou shalt come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

¹⁰ Let none be found among you that maketh his son or his daughter to ^[e](C)go thorough the fire, or that useth witchcraft, or a regarder of times, or a marker of the flying of fowls, or a sorcerer,

¹¹ Or ^(D)a charmer, or that counseleth with spirits, or a soothsayer, or that ^(E)asketh counsel at the dead.

¹² For all that do such things are abomination unto the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee.

¹³ Thou shalt be ^[f]upright therefore with the Lord thy God.

¹⁴ For these nations which thou shalt possess, hearken unto those that regard the times, and unto sorcerers: ^[g]as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not ^[h]suffered thee so.

¹⁵ ¶ ^(F)The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a ^[i]Prophet like unto me, from among you, even of thy brethren: 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, when thou saidest, ^(G)Let me hear the voice of my Lord God no more, nor see this great fire anymore, that I die not.

¹⁷ And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken.

^18 (H)I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren like unto thee, and will put my words in his ^[j]mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

¹⁹ And whosoever will not hearken unto my words, which he shall speak in my Name, I will ^[k]require it of him.

²⁰ But the Prophet that shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that speaketh in the name of other gods, even the same Prophet shall die.

²¹ And if thou think 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 ^[l]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 therefore be afraid of him.