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Deuteronomy
18
The priests and Levites, and all that are of the same
tribe, shall have no part nor inheritance with the rest
of Israel, because they shall eat the sacrifices of
the Lord, and his oblations,
And they shall receive nothing else. of the possession
of their brethren: for the Lord himself is their inheritance,
as he hath said to them.
This shall be the priest's due from the people, and
from them that offer victims: whether they sacrifice
an ox, or a sheep, they shall give to the priest the
shoulder and the breast:
The firstfruits also of corn, of wine, and of oil, and
a part of the wool from the shearing of their sheep.
For the Lord thy God hath chosen him of all thy tribes,
to stand and to minister to the name of the Lord, him
and his sons for ever.
If a Levite go out of any one of the cities throughout
all Israel, in which he dwelleth, and have a longing
mind to come to the place which the Lord shall choose,
He shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as
all his brethren the Levites do, that shall stand at
that time before the Lord.
He shall receive the same portion of food that the rest
do: besides that which is due to him in his own city,
by succession from his fathers.
When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy
God shall give thee, beware lest thou have a mind to
imitate the abominations of those nations.
Neither let there be found among you any one that shall
expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through
the fire: or that consulteth soothsayers, or observeth
dreams and omens, neither let there be any wizard,
Nor charmer, nor any one that consulteth pythonic spirits,
or fortune tellers, or that seeketh the truth from the
dead.
For the Lord abhorreth all these things, and for these
abominations he will destroy them at thy coming.
Thou shalt be perfect, and without spot before the Lord
thy God.
These nations, whose land thou shalt possess, hearken
to soothsayers and diviners: but thou art otherwise
instructed by the Lord thy God.
The Lord thy God will raise up to thee a PROPHET of
thy nation and of thy brethren like unto me: him thou
shalt hear:
As thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, when
the assembly was gathered together, and saidst: Let
me not hear any more the voice of the Lord my God, neither
let me see any more this exceeding great fire, lest
I die.
And the Lord said to me: They have spoken all things
well.
m I will raise them up a prophet out of the midst of
their brethren like to thee: and I will put my words
in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I
shall command him.
And he that will not hear his words, which he shall
speak in my name, I will be the revenger.
But the prophet, who being corrupted with pride, shall
speak in my name things that I did not command him to
say, or in the name of strange gods, shall be slain.
And if in silent thought thou answer: How shall I know
the word that the Lord hath not spoken?
Thou shalt have this sign: Whatsoever that same prophet
foretelleth in the name of the Lord, and it cometh not
to pass: that thing the Lord hath not spoken, but the
prophet hath forged it by the pride of his mind: and
therefore thou shalt not fear him.
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