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1. The priests, who are Levites, won't receive any part of the land of Israel. That also applies to the whole tribe of Levi. They will eat the offerings that are made to the Lord with fire. That will be their share.
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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 won't have any part of the land the Lord gave the other tribes in Israel. The Lord himself is their share, just as he promised 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. Anyone who sacrifices a bull or a sheep owes a share of it to the priests. Their share is the shoulder, jaws and inside parts.
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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 the priests the first share of the harvest of your grain, olive oil and fresh wine. You must also give them the first wool you clip from your sheep.
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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. The Lord your God has chosen the Levites and their sons after them to serve him in his name always. He hasn't chosen priests from any of your other tribes.
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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. Sometimes a Levite will move from the town in Israel where he's living. And he will come to the place the Lord will choose. He'll do it because he really wants to.
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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. Then he can serve in the name of the Lord his God. He'll be like all of the other Levites who serve the Lord there.
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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 have an equal share of the good things they have. That applies even if he has already received money by selling things his family owned.
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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. You will enter the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you do, don't copy the practices of the nations that are there. The Lord hates those practices.
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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. Here are things you must not do. Don't sacrifice your children in the fire to other gods. Don't practice any kind of evil magic at all. Don't use magic to try to explain the meaning of warnings in the sky or of any other signs. Don't take part in worshiping evil powers.
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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. Don't put a spell on anyone. Don't get messages from those who have died. Don't talk to the spirits of the dead. Don't get advice from the dead.
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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. The Lord your God hates it when anyone does those things. The nations that are in the land he's giving you practice the things he hates. So he will drive out those nations to make room for 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 without blame in the sight of 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. You will take over the nations that are in the land the Lord is giving you. They listen to those who practice all kinds of evil magic. But you belong to the Lord your God. He says you must not do those 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. He will be one of your own people. 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. At Mount Horeb you asked the Lord your God for a prophet. You asked him on the day you gathered together. You said, "We don't want to hear the voice of the Lord our God. We don't want to see this great fire anymore. If we do, we'll 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 said to me, "What they are saying 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 for them a prophet like you. He will be one of their own people. I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him to say.
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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. "The prophet will speak in my name. But someone might not listen to what I say through the prophet. Then that person will be accountable to me.
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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 suppose a prophet dares to speak in my name something I have not commanded him to say. Or he speaks in the name of other gods. Then that prophet must be put to death."
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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. You will say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message hasn't been spoken by 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. Sometimes a prophet will announce something in the name of the Lord. And it won't take place or come true. Then that's a message the Lord hasn't told him to speak. That prophet has dared to speak on his own authority. So don't be afraid of him or what he says.
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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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