Deḇarim (Deuteronomy) 18

Deut 18:1 “The priests, the Lĕwites, all the tribe of Lĕwi, have no part nor
inheritance with Yisra’ĕl. They are to eat the offerings of יהוה made by fire,
and His inheritance.
Deut 18:2 “But among his brothers Lĕwi has no inheritance. יהוה is his
inheritance, as He has spoken to him.
Deut 18:3 “And this is the priest’s right from the people, from those who
bring an offering, whether it is bull or sheep: they shall give to the priest the
shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the stomach;
Deut 18:4 the first-fruits of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and
the first of the fleece of your sheep, you give to him.
Deut 18:5 “For יהוה your Elohim has chosen him out of all your tribes to
stand to serve in the Name of יהוה, him and his sons forever.
Deut 18:6 “And when the Lĕwite comes from one of your gates, from where
he has sojourned among all Yisra’ĕl, and shall come with all the desire of his
being to the place which יהוה chooses,
Deut 18:7 then he shall serve in the Name of יהוה his Elohim, like all his
brothers the Lĕwites, who are standing there before יהוה.
Deut 18:8 “They are to have portion for portion to eat, besides what comes
from the sale of his inheritance.
Deut 18:9 “When you come into the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving
you, do not learn to do according to the abominations of those gentiles.
Deut 18:10 “Let no one be found among you who makes his son or his
daughter pass through the fire, or one who practises divination, or a user of
magic, or one who interprets omens or a sorcerer,
Deut 18:11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one
who calls up the dead.
Deut 18:12 “For whoever does these are an abomination to יהוה, and
because of these abominations יהוה your Elohim drives them out from before
you.
Deut 18:13 “Be perfect before יהוה your Elohim,
Deut 18:14 for these nations whom you are possessing do listen to those
using magic and to diviners. But as for you, יהוה your Elohim has not
appointed such for you.
Deut 18:15 “ יהוה your Elohim shall raise up for you a Prophet like me from
your midst, from your brothers. Listen to Him,
Deut 18:16 according to all you asked of יהוה your Elohim in Ḥorĕḇ in the
day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of יהוה my
Elohim, nor let me see this great fire any more, lest I die.’
Deut 18:17 “And יהוה said to me, ‘What they have spoken is good.
Deut 18:18 ‘I shall raise up for them a Prophet like you out of the midst of
their brothers. And I shall put My Words in His mouth, and He shall speak to
them all that I command Him.
Deut 18:19 ‘And it shall be, the man who does not listen to My Words which
He speaks in My Name, I require it of him.
Deut 18:20 ‘But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My Name,
which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of
other mighty ones, even that prophet shall die.’
Deut 18:21 “And when you say in your heart, ‘How do we know the word
which יהוה has not spoken?’ –
Deut 18:22 when the prophet speaks in the Name of יהוה and the word is not,
or comes not, that is the word which יהוה has not spoken. The prophet has
spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.