“1 The priests the Levites, [and] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no
part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the
LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. 2 Therefore shall they have no
inheritance among their brethren: the LORD [is] their inheritance, as he
hath said unto them. 3 And this shall be the priest’s due from the
people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether [it be] ox or sheep;
and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks,
and the maw. 4 The firstfruit [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 to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. 6
And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he
sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which
the LORD shall choose; 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD
his God, as all his brethren the Levites [do], which stand there before
the LORD. 8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which
cometh of the sale of his patrimony.”
“9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those
nations. 10 There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his
son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth
divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a
necromancer. 12 For all that do these things [are] an abomination unto
the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive
them out from before thee. 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy
God. 14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto
observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God
hath not suffered thee so [to do].”
“15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst
of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; 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, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD
my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17
And the LORD said unto me, They have well [spoken that] which they have
spoken. 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren,
like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak
unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass,
[that] whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in
my name, I will require [it] of him. 20 But the prophet, which shall
presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to
speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet
shall die. 21 And if thou say 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 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 be afraid of him.” (Deuteronomy 18:1-22
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