Deuteronomy 18 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Portion of the Levites

“The Levitical^H3881 priests^H3548, the whole^H3605 tribe^H7626 of Levi^H3878, shall have^H1961 no^H3808 portion^H2506 or inheritance^H5159 with Israel^H3478; they shall eat^H398 of the offerings^H801 to Yahweh^H3068 by^H801 fire^H801 and of His inheritance^H5159.

Deu 18:2

Deu 18:2“And they shall have no inheritance among their brothers; Yahweh is their inheritance, as He [fn]promised them.

Deu 18:3

“Now this^H2088 shall be the legal judgment^H4941 for the priests^H3548 taken from the people^H5971, from those who offer^H2076 a sacrifice^H2077, either^H518 an ox^H7794 or^H518 a sheep^H7716: they shall give^H5414 to the priest^H3548 the shoulder^H2220 and the two^H3895 cheeks^H3895 and the stomach^H6896.

Deu 18:4

Deu 18:4“You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine and your oil and the first shearing of your sheep.

Deu 18:5

Deu 18:5“For Yahweh your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh all the days.

Deu 18:6

“Now if^H3588 a Levite^H3881 comes^H935 from any^H259 of your gates^H8179 of the towns throughout^H4480^H3605 Israel^H3478 where^H834^H8033 he sojourns^H1481 and comes^H935 [fn]whenever^H3605 he desires^H185 to the place^H4725 which^H834 Yahweh^H3068 chooses^H977,

Deu 18:7

Deu 18:7then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God like all his brothers the Levites who stand there before Yahweh.

Deu 18:8

Deu 18:8“They shall eat [fn]equal portions, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers’ estates.

Do Not Imitate Abominations

Deu 18:9

“When^H3588 you enter^H935 the land^H776 which^H834 Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430 gives^H5414 you, you shall not learn^H3925 to [fn]imitate^H6213 the abominations^H8441 of those^H1992 nations^H1471.

Deu 18:10

Deu 18:10“There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices soothsaying or one who interprets omens or a sorcerer,

Deu 18:11

Deu 18:11or one who is an enchanter or a medium or a spiritist or one who inquires of the dead.

Deu 18:12

Deu 18:12“For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh; and because of these abominations Yahweh your God will dispossess them from before you.

Deu 18:13

Deu 18:13“You shall be [fn]blameless before Yahweh your God.

Deu 18:14

Deu 18:14“For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice soothsaying and to diviners, but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you to do so.

Yahweh Will Raise up a Prophet

Deu 18:15

“Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430 will raise^H6965 up^H6965 for you a prophet^H5030 like^H3644 me from among^H7130 you, from your brothers^H251; you shall listen^H8085 to him.

Deu 18:16

Deu 18:16“This is according to all that you asked of Yahweh your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh my God; let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.’

Deu 18:17

Deu 18:17“And Yahweh said to me, ‘They have [fn]spoken well.

Deu 18:18

Deu 18:18‘I will raise up a prophet from among their brothers like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

Deu 18:19

Deu 18:19‘And it will be that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.

Deu 18:20

Deu 18:20‘But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, [fn]that prophet shall die.’

Deu 18:21

Deu 18:21“Now [fn]you may say in your heart, ‘How will we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?’

Deu 18:22

Deu 18:22“When a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.