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1. The Levitical priests� indeed, the entire tribe of Levi� will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the LORD and of his inheritance.
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1. The priests H3548 the Levites H3881 , and all H3605 the tribe H7626 of Levi H3878 , shall have H1961 no H3808 part H2506 nor inheritance H5159 with H5973 Israel H3478 : they shall eat H398 the offerings of the LORD made by fire H801 H3068 , and his inheritance H5159 .
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2. They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the LORD alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.
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2. Therefore shall they have H1961 no H3808 inheritance H5159 among H7130 their brethren H251 : the LORD H3068 is their inheritance H5159 , as H834 he hath said H1696 unto them.
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3. This shall be the priests' fair allotment from the people who offer sacrifices, whether bull or sheep� they must give to the priest the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
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3. And this H2088 shall be H1961 the priest H3548 's due H4941 from H4480 H854 the people H5971 , from H4480 H854 them that offer H2076 a sacrifice H2077 , whether H518 it be ox H7794 or H518 sheep H7716 ; and they shall give H5414 unto the priest H3548 the shoulder H2220 , and the two cheeks H3895 , and the maw H6896 .
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4. You must give them the best of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the best of your wool when you shear your flocks.
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4. The firstfruit H7225 also of thy corn H1715 , of thy wine H8492 , and of thine oil H3323 , and the first H7225 of the fleece H1488 of thy sheep H6629 , shalt thou give H5414 him.
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5. For the LORD your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.
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5. For H3588 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath chosen H977 him out of all H4480 H3605 thy tribes H7626 , to stand H5975 to minister H8334 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , him H1931 and his sons H1121 forever H3605 H3117 .
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6. Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, to the place the LORD chooses
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6. And if H3588 a Levite H3881 come H935 from any H4480 H259 of thy gates H8179 out of all H4480 H3605 Israel H3478 , where H834 H8033 he H1931 sojourned H1481 , and come H935 with all H3605 the desire H185 of his mind H5315 unto H413 the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 shall choose H977 ;
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7. and serves in the name of the LORD his God like his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
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7. Then he shall minister H8334 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 his God H430 , as all H3605 his brethren H251 the Levites H3881 do , which stand H5975 there H8033 before H6440 the LORD H3068 .
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8. He must eat the same share they do, despite any profits he may gain from the sale of his family's inheritance.
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8. They shall have like portions H2506 H2506 to eat H398 , beside H905 that which cometh of the sale H4480 H4465 of H5921 his patrimony H1 .
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9. When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.
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9. When H3588 thou H859 art come H935 into H413 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee , thou shalt not H3808 learn H3925 to do H6213 after the abominations H8441 of those H1992 nations H1471 .
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10. There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer,
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10. There shall not H3808 be found H4672 among you any one that maketh his son H1121 or his daughter H1323 to pass through H5674 the fire H784 , or that useth H7080 divination H7081 , or an observer of times H6049 , or an enchanter H5172 , or a witch H3784 ,
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11. one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer.
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11. Or a charmer H2266 H2267 , or a consulter H7592 with familiar spirits H178 , or a wizard H3049 , or a necromancer H1875 H413 H4191 .
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12. Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is about to drive them out from before you.
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12. For H3588 all H3605 that do H6213 these things H428 are an abomination H8441 unto the LORD H3068 : and because H1558 of these H428 abominations H8441 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 doth drive them out H3423 H853 from before H4480 H6440 thee.
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13. You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
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13. Thou shalt be H1961 perfect H8549 with H5973 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 .
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14. Those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to omen readers and diviners, but the LORD your God has not given you permission to do such things.
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14. For H3588 these H428 nations H1471 , which H834 thou H859 shalt possess H3423 H853 , hearkened H8085 unto H413 observers of times H6049 , and unto H413 diviners H7080 : but as for thee H859 , the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath not H3808 suffered H5414 thee so H3651 to do .
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15. The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you� from your fellow Israelites; you must listen to him.
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15. The LORD H3068 thy God H430 will raise up H6965 unto thee a Prophet H5030 from the midst H4480 H7130 of thee , of thy brethren H4480 H251 , like unto me H3644 ; unto H413 him ye shall hearken H8085 ;
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16. This accords with what happened at Horeb in the day of the assembly. You asked the LORD your God: "Please do not make us hear the voice of the LORD our God any more or see this great fire any more lest we die."
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16. According to all H3605 that H834 thou desiredst H7592 of H4480 H5973 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 in Horeb H2722 in the day H3117 of the assembly H6951 , saying H559 , Let me not H3808 hear H8085 again H3254 H853 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 my God H430 , neither H3808 let me see H7200 this H2063 great H1419 fire H784 any more H5750 , that I die H4191 not H3808 .
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17. The LORD then said to me, "What they have said is good.
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17. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 me , They have well H3190 spoken that which H834 they have spoken H1696 .
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18. I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.
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18. I will raise them up H6965 a Prophet H5030 from among H4480 H7130 their brethren H251 , like unto thee H3644 , and will put H5414 my words H1697 in his mouth H6310 ; and he shall speak H1696 unto H413 them H853 all H3605 that H834 I shall command H6680 him.
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19. I will personally hold responsible anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet speaks in my name.
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19. And it shall come to pass H1961 , that whosoever H376 H834 will not H3808 hearken H8085 unto H413 my words H1697 which H834 he shall speak H1696 in my name H8034 , I H595 will require H1875 it of H4480 H5973 him.
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20. "But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.
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20. But H389 the prophet H5030 , which H834 shall presume H2102 to speak H1696 a word H1697 in my name H8034 , H853 which H834 I have not H3808 commanded H6680 him to speak H1696 , or that H834 shall speak H1696 in the name H8034 of other H312 gods H430 , even that H1931 prophet H5030 shall die H4191 .
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21. Now if you say to yourselves, 'How can we tell that a message is not from the LORD?'�
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21. And if H3588 thou say H559 in thine heart H3824 , How H349 shall we know H3045 H853 the word H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 hath not H3808 spoken H1696 ?
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22. whenever a prophet speaks in my name and the prediction is not fulfilled, then I have not spoken it; the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him."
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22. When H834 a prophet H5030 speaketh H1696 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , if the thing H1697 follow H1961 not H3808 , nor H3808 come to pass H935 , that H1931 is the thing H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 hath not H3808 spoken H1696 , but the prophet H5030 hath spoken H1696 it presumptuously H2087 : thou shalt not H3808 be afraid H1481 of H4480 him.
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