18"The priestly tribe of Levi is not to receive any share of land in Israel; instead, they are to live on the offerings and other sacrifices given to the LORD.H3548H3881H7626H3878H2506H5159H3478H398H801H3068H801H51592They are to own no land, as the other tribes do; their share is the privilege of being the LORD's priests, as the LORD has promised.H5159H7130H251H3068H5159H16963"Whenever cattle or sheep are sacrificed, the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jaw, and the stomach.H3548H4941H5971H2076H2077H7794H7716H5414H3548H2220H3895H68964They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.H7225H1715H8492H3323H7225H1488H6629H54145The LORD chose from all your tribes the tribe of Levi to serve him as priests forever.H3068H430H977H7626H5975H8334H8034H3068H1121H31176"Any Levite who wants to may come from any town in Israel to the one place of worshipH3881H935H259H8179H3478H1481H935H185H5315H4725H3068H9777and may serve there as a priest of the LORD his God, like the other Levites who are serving there.H8334H8034H3068H430H251H3881H5975H6440H30688He is to receive the same amount of food as the other priests, and he may keep whatever his family sends him.H2506H398H4465H1
Warning against Pagan Practices
9"When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, don't follow the disgusting practices of the nations that are there.H935H776H3068H430H5414H3925H6213H8441H147110Don't sacrifice your children in the fires on your altars; and don't let your people practice divination or look for omens or use spellsH4672H1121H1323H5674H784H7080H7081H6049H5172H378411or charms, and don't let them consult the spirits of the dead.H2266H2267H7592H178H3049H1875H419112The LORD your God hates people who do these disgusting things, and that is why he is driving those nations out of the land as you advance.H6213H8441H3068H1558H8441H3068H430H3423H644013Be completely faithful to the LORD."H8549H3068H430
The Promise to Send a Prophet
14Then Moses said, "In the land you are about to occupy, people follow the advice of those who practice divination and look for omens, but the LORD your God does not allow you to do this.H1471H3423H8085H6049H7080H3068H430H541415Instead, he will send you a prophet like me from among your own people, and you are to obey him.H3068H430H6965H5030H7130H251H808516"On the day that you were gathered at Mount Sinai, you begged not to hear the LORD speak again or to see his fiery presence any more, because you were afraid you would die.H7592H3068H430H2722H3117H6951H559H8085H3254H6963H3068H430H7200H1419H784H419117So the LORD said to me, 'They have made a wise request.H3068H559H3190H169618I will send them a prophet like you from among their own people; I will tell him what to say, and he will tell the people everything I command.H6965H5030H7130H251H5414H1697H6310H1696H668019He will speak in my name, and I will punish anyone who refuses to obey him.H376H8085H1697H1696H8034H187520But if any prophet dares to speak a message in my name when I did not command him to do so, he must die for it, and so must any prophet who speaks in the name of other gods.'H5030H2102H1696H1697H8034H6680H1696H1696H8034H312H430H5030H419121"You may wonder how you can tell when a prophet's message does not come from the LORD.H559H3824H3045H1697H3068H169622If a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and what he says does not come true, then it is not the LORD's message. That prophet has spoken on his own authority, and you are not to fear him.H5030H1696H8034H3068H1697H935H1697H3068H1696H5030H1696H2087H1481
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