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Deuteronomy 18
The Voice
Deuteronomy 18
The Voice
18 Moses: The Levitical priests and the whole tribe of Levi will not have any inherited property within Israel. They will be supported by the sacrifices and other offerings that are burnt and set aside for the Eternal. 2 They won’t have any share in the land, as the other Israelites do, but the Eternal Himself will be their share as He promised.
This is a special arrangement between God and the Levites; He’ll provide for them and give them their distinct identity so they can focus on serving Him instead of serving their families.
3 Whenever someone sacrifices an ox or a sheep, the priests are entitled to these portions: one shank (a thigh and shoulder), the cheeks (those tender delicacies), and the fourth compartment of the stomach so they can have rennet to make cheese curds. 4 You must also give the priests the first grain, wine, and olive oil you produce each year, and the first wool you shear from your sheep 5 because the Eternal your God chose Levi and his descendants, out of all of your tribes, to stand in His presence and to serve in His name at all times.
6 If a Levite who’s living in one of your cities anywhere in Israel decides he really wants to go and live in the place the Eternal will choose, 7 he must be allowed to serve in the name of the Eternal his God, like all of the other Levites who are already serving there in the Eternal’s presence. 8 He must be given an equal share of the contributions to eat, apart from anything he earns for performing priestly services.[a]
9 When you’ve settled in the land the Eternal your God is giving you, don’t imitate the horrible practices of the other nations. 10 Don’t ever burn any of your sons or daughters alive as a sacrifice! And don’t ever get involved in any divining, such as predicting fortunes, interpreting omens, sorcery, 11 casting spells, or trying to contact ghosts, spirits, or the dead. 12 The Eternal is horrified when anyone does these things. It’s because of these horrible practices that the Eternal your God is driving those nations out ahead of you. 13 You shall be complete in your obedience and devotion to Him.
The pagan nations around them share the belief that absolute immanent power comes from within creation. They engage in many activities designed to tap into that power so that they can gain knowledge of the future or have influence over others. “Drawing lots” is often done by writing possibilities on pottery shards, putting them in a bag, and then drawing out an answer. Other ways of trying to predict the future or choose the best course include watching the shapes of clouds or listening for natural omens such as bird cries. It is commonly believed that spirits and the dead can also provide guidance and special information. Whatever specific practices are being described here, however, the general principle is once again that the people should trust the Lord, transcendent above creation, as their source of guidance and protection.
Moses: 14 The nations you’re going to displace seek guidance from people who practice divination and predicting. But the Eternal your God doesn’t want you to do that. 15 He will raise up from among your own people a prophet who will be like me.[b] Listen to him. 16 This is just what you asked Him for on the day you gathered at Mount Horeb: “Don’t make me listen to the voice of the Eternal my God anymore! And don’t make me look at that blazing fire! I’ll die!”[c] 17 The Eternal told me, “They’re right. 18 I’ll send them another prophet like you from among their own people. I’ll put My words in the mouth of this prophet who will tell them everything I command him to say. 19 I, Myself, will punish whoever doesn’t listen to his words[d] when the prophet speaks in My name. 20 But a prophet who dares to say anything in My name that I haven’t commanded, or who says anything in the name of another god, will die.” 21 Now you may be wondering, “How will we recognize something He hasn’t commanded a prophet to say?” 22 If a prophet speaks in the Eternal One’s name, but the words turn out not to be true or the prediction doesn’t happen, then He wasn’t actually speaking. That prophet arrogantly spoke in the Lord’s name, but he didn’t really have a message from Him. And so you don’t need to be afraid of what the prophet said.
Deuteronomy 18
English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 18
English Standard Version
Provision for Priests and Levites
18 “The Levitical priests, all the tribe of Levi, (A)shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They (B)shall eat the Lord's food offerings[a] as their[b] inheritance. 2 They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them. 3 And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from those offering a sacrifice, whether an ox or a sheep: (C)they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach. 4 (D)The firstfruits of your grain, of your wine and of your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep, you shall give him. 5 For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes (E)to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.
6 “And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel, (F)where he lives—and he may come when he desires[c]—(G)to the place that the Lord will choose, 7 and ministers in the name of the Lord his God, (H)like all his fellow Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord, 8 then he may have equal (I)portions to eat, besides what he receives from the sale of his patrimony.[d]
Abominable Practices
9 “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, (J)you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone (K)who burns his son or his daughter as an offering,[e] anyone who (L)practices divination or (M)tells fortunes or interprets omens, or (N)a sorcerer 11 or a charmer or (O)a medium or a necromancer or (P)one who inquires of the dead, 12 (Q)for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And (R)because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you. 13 You shall be blameless before the Lord your God, 14 for these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and to diviners. But as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do this.
A New Prophet like Moses
15 (S)“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb (T)on the day of the assembly, when you said, (U)‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ 17 And the Lord said to me, (V)‘They are right in what they have spoken. 18 (W)I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. (X)And I will put my words in his mouth, and (Y)he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 (Z)And whoever will (AA)not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him. 20 (AB)But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or[f] who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’ 21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’— 22 (AC)when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; (AD)the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 18:1 Or the offerings by fire to the Lord
- Deuteronomy 18:1 Hebrew his
- Deuteronomy 18:6 Or lives—if he comes enthusiastically
- Deuteronomy 18:8 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Deuteronomy 18:10 Hebrew makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire
- Deuteronomy 18:20 Or and
Втор 18
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Приношения для священнослужителей и левитов
18 Священнослужители-левиты – да и весь род Леви – не должны иметь надела или наследия в Исроиле. Они будут жить огненными жертвами Вечному, потому что это их наследие[a]. 2 У них не будет наследия среди братьев, потому что Вечный – их наследие, как Он и обещал им.
3 Вот доля, которая причитается священнослужителям от народа и от всех тех, кто приносит в жертву быка или овцу, – это плечо, челюсти и желудок. 4 Также ты должен давать им первые плоды со сборов зерна, молодого вина и масла, и шерсть от первой стрижки овец, 5 потому что Вечный, твой Бог, выбрал левитов и их потомков из всех твоих родов, чтобы они всегда стояли и служили во имя Вечного.
6 Если где-нибудь в Исроиле левит уйдёт из города, где он живёт, и придёт по желанию сердца на место, которое выберет Вечный, 7 то он может служить во имя Вечного, своего Бога, подобно всем своим соплеменникам-левитам, которые стоят там перед Вечным. 8 Он должен получать свою долю наравне с ними, несмотря на то что он выручил деньги от продажи семейной собственности.
Обычаи других народов
9 Когда ты войдёшь в землю, которую даёт тебе Вечный, твой Бог, не подражай мерзким обычаям тех народов. 10 Пусть не будет среди вас того, кто приносит в огненную жертву своего сына или свою дочь, занимается ворожбой и волшебством, толкует знамения, колдует, 11 наводит чары, вызывает призраков и духов или вопрошает мёртвых. 12 Всякий, кто творит такие дела, отвратителен Вечному, и из-за этих мерзких обычаев Вечный, твой Бог, прогонит от тебя народы. 13 Ты должен быть непорочен перед Вечным, твоим Богом.
Пророк
14 Народы, которые ты выселишь, слушают тех, кто занимается волшебством и ворожбой. Но тебе Вечный, твой Бог, не позволяет этого. 15 Из твоей среды, из твоего же народа Вечный, твой Бог, поставит тебе Пророка, подобного мне. Ты должен слушать Его. 16 Ведь именно этого ты просил у Вечного, своего Бога, у горы Синай[b] в день собрания, когда сказал: «Пусть не услышу я больше голос Вечного, моего Бога, и не увижу больше этот великий огонь, чтобы не умереть»[c].
17 Вечный сказал мне: «То, что они говорят, – хорошо. 18 Я пошлю им Пророка, подобного тебе, из их братьев. Я вложу Свои слова в Его уста, и Он будет говорить им всё то, что Я Ему повелю.[d] 19 Если кто-то не станет слушать Мои слова, которые Пророк Тот будет говорить от Моего имени, то Я сам призову того к ответу. 20 Но пророк, который осмелится говорить от Моего имени хоть что-то, чего Я не повелевал ему, или пророк, который станет говорить от имени других богов, должен быть предан смерти».
21 Ты можешь сказать про себя: «Как нам узнать слово, которое Вечный не говорил?» 22 Если то, что пророк объявляет от имени Вечного, не происходит и не исполняется, то это то слово, которое Вечный не говорил. Тот пророк говорил самонадеянно. Не бойся его.
Footnotes
- Втор 18:1 Или: «жертвами Вечному и Его частью».
- Втор 18:16 Букв.: «у Хорива». Хорив – другое название горы Синай.
- Втор 18:16 См. Исх. 20:19.
- Втор 18:18 Вечный посылал после Мусо целую череду Своих пророков. Но, конечно же, в первую очередь, данное пророчество относится к Исо, великому Пророку и Посреднику между Всевышним и человеком (см. Деян. 3:20-24).
Deuteronomy 18
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Deuteronomy 18
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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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