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Deuteronomy 18

The priests, the Levites, and the whole tribe of Levi will have no part or inheritance with Israel. They'll eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. So they will have no inheritance among their brothers. The Lord is their inheritance, as he has said to them. This is the priest's share from anyone offering an ox or

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The priests' share

The priests, the Levites, and the whole tribe of Levi will have no part or inheritance with Israel. They'll eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. So they will have no inheritance among their brothers. The Lord is their inheritance, as he has said to them. This is the priest's share from anyone offering an ox or sheep: the shoulder, the two cheeks and the stomach. You'll give him the first of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep. Because the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand and serve in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever. If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he has been staying, and comes with all the desire of his heart to the place the Lord chooses, then he'll minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brothers the Levites do who stand there before the Lord. They will have the same share of food, on top of whatever they receive from selling family property.

The priests, the Levites, the whole tribe of Levi, won't have a share or an inheritance with Israel. They'll eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. So they won't have an inheritance among their brothers. The Lord is their inheritance, the way he's said to them. And this is what's owed to the priests from the people, from the ones offering a sacrifice, whether ox or sheep: they'll give the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach. You'll give him the first of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep. Because the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand and serve in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever. And if a Levite comes from any of your gates out of the whole of Israel where he's living, and comes with all his heart's wanting to the place the Lord chooses — then he'll serve in the name of the Lord his God, like all his brothers the Levites who stand there in front of the Lord. They'll have the same share to eat, on top of what he gets from selling what his fathers left him.

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. Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 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. 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. 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. 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; 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. They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

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The priests, the Levites, and the whole tribe of Levi will have no part or inheritance with Israel. They'll eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.

Plain English

The priests, the Levites, the whole tribe of Levi, won't have a share or an inheritance with Israel. They'll eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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So they will have no inheritance among their brothers. The Lord is their inheritance, as he has said to them.

Plain English

So they won't have an inheritance among their brothers. The Lord is their inheritance, the way he's said to them.

King James Version, 1611

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

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This is the priest's share from anyone offering an ox or sheep: the shoulder, the two cheeks and the stomach.

Plain English

And this is what's owed to the priests from the people, from the ones offering a sacrifice, whether ox or sheep: they'll give the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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You'll give him the first of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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Because the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand and serve in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he has been staying, and comes with all the desire of his heart to the place the Lord chooses,

Plain English

And if a Levite comes from any of your gates out of the whole of Israel where he's living, and comes with all his heart's wanting to the place the Lord chooses —

King James Version, 1611

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;

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then he'll minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brothers the Levites do who stand there before the Lord.

Plain English

then he'll serve in the name of the Lord his God, like all his brothers the Levites who stand there in front of the Lord.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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They will have the same share of food, on top of whatever they receive from selling family property.

Plain English

They'll have the same share to eat, on top of what he gets from selling what his fathers left him.

King James Version, 1611

They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

Don't learn their disgusting things

When you come into the land the Lord your God is giving you, don't learn to do the disgusting things those nations do. There won't be found among you anyone who makes his son or daughter pass through the fire, or one who uses divination, observes times, is an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, someone who consults a medium, a spiritist, or someone who calls up the dead. Because everyone who does these things is disgusting to the Lord. And it's because of these disgusting things that the Lord your God is driving them out before you. You'll be perfect with the Lord your God. These nations you'll possess listened to observers of times and diviners, but the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so.

When you come into the land the Lord your God is giving you, don't learn to do the disgusting things those nations do. There won't be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, or who reads signs, or a fortune-teller, or one who watches for omens, or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or one who asks a medium, or a wizard, or one who calls up the dead. Because everyone who does these things is disgusting to the Lord. And it's because of these disgusting things that the Lord your God is driving them out in front of you. You'll be whole with the Lord your God. Because these nations you're driving out listened to men who watch for omens and to fortune-tellers. But as for you, the Lord your God hasn't let you do that.

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. 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. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 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. Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. 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.

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When you come into the land the Lord your God is giving you, don't learn to do the disgusting things those nations do.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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There won't be found among you anyone who makes his son or daughter pass through the fire, or one who uses divination, observes times, is an enchanter, or a witch,

Plain English

There won't be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, or who reads signs, or a fortune-teller, or one who watches for omens, or a sorcerer,

King James Version, 1611

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.

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or a charmer, someone who consults a medium, a spiritist, or someone who calls up the dead.

Plain English

or a charmer, or one who asks a medium, or a wizard, or one who calls up the dead.

King James Version, 1611

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

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Because everyone who does these things is disgusting to the Lord. And it's because of these disgusting things that the Lord your God is driving them out before you.

Plain English

Because everyone who does these things is disgusting to the Lord. And it's because of these disgusting things that the Lord your God is driving them out in front of you.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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You'll be perfect with the Lord your God.

Plain English

You'll be whole with the Lord your God.

King James Version, 1611

Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

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These nations you'll possess listened to observers of times and diviners, but the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so.

Plain English

Because these nations you're driving out listened to men who watch for omens and to fortune-tellers. But as for you, the Lord your God hasn't let you do that.

King James Version, 1611

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.

A prophet like me

The Lord your God will raise up a prophet for you from among you, from your brothers, like me. Listen to him — This is according to everything you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Do not let me hear the voice of the Lord my God again or see this great fire any more, or I will die.' The Lord said to me: They've spoken well in what they've said. I'll raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. And I'll put my words in his mouth, and he'll speak to them everything I command him. Whoever will not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I will require it of him. But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet will die. If you say in your heart: How will we know the word the Lord hasn't spoken? — When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord and the thing does not follow or come to pass, that is the word the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; do not be afraid of him.

The Lord your God will raise up a prophet for you from among you, from your brothers, like me. Listen to him — the way you asked the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the gathering, when you said: Don't let me hear the voice of the Lord my God again or see this great fire any more, or I'll die. And the Lord said to me: They've spoken well in what they've said. I'll raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. And I'll put my words in his mouth, and he'll speak to them everything I order him. And whoever won't listen to my words that he speaks in my name, I'll want it from him. But the prophet who acts proudly and speaks a word in my name that I haven't ordered him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods — that prophet will die. And if you say in your heart: How will we know the word the Lord hasn't spoken? — when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord and the thing doesn't happen and doesn't come true, that's the word the Lord hasn't spoken. The prophet has spoken it proudly. Don't be frightened of him.

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; 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. And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 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. 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. 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. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? 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.

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The Lord your God will raise up a prophet for you from among you, from your brothers, like me. Listen to him —

King James Version, 1611

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;

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This is according to everything you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Do not let me hear the voice of the Lord my God again or see this great fire any more, or I will die.'

Plain English

the way you asked the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the gathering, when you said: Don't let me hear the voice of the Lord my God again or see this great fire any more, or I'll die.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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The Lord said to me: They've spoken well in what they've said.

Plain English

And the Lord said to me: They've spoken well in what they've said.

King James Version, 1611

And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.

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I'll raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. And I'll put my words in his mouth, and he'll speak to them everything I command him.

Plain English

I'll raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. And I'll put my words in his mouth, and he'll speak to them everything I order him.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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Whoever will not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I will require it of him.

Plain English

And whoever won't listen to my words that he speaks in my name, I'll want it from him.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet will die.

Plain English

But the prophet who acts proudly and speaks a word in my name that I haven't ordered him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods — that prophet will die.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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If you say in your heart: How will we know the word the Lord hasn't spoken? —

Plain English

And if you say in your heart: How will we know the word the Lord hasn't spoken? —

King James Version, 1611

And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

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When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord and the thing does not follow or come to pass, that is the word the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; do not be afraid of him.

Plain English

when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord and the thing doesn't happen and doesn't come true, that's the word the Lord hasn't spoken. The prophet has spoken it proudly. Don't be frightened of him.

King James Version, 1611

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.