Deuteronomy 18 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 There shall not be to the priests the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, part and inheritance with Israel: the sacrifices of Jehovah and his inheritance they shall eat. “The Levitical priests, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the LORD’s food offerings as their inheritance. The Levitical priests—indeed, the whole tribe of Levi—are to have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the food offerings presented to the LORD, for that is their inheritance.
2 And an inheritance shall not be to him in the midst of his brethren: Jehovah, he is his inheritance, as he spake to him. They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the LORD is their inheritance, as he promised them. They shall have no inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the LORD is their inheritance, as he promised them.
3 And this shall be the judgment of the priests from the people, from those sacrificing a sacrifice, whether an ox or a sheep; and give to the priest the shoulder, the cheeks and the maw. And this shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those offering a sacrifice, whether an ox or a sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach. This is the share due the priests from the people who sacrifice a bull or a sheep: the shoulder, the internal organs and the meat from the head.
4 The first fruits of thy grain, of thy new wine, and thy new oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep thou shalt give to him. The firstfruits of your grain, of your wine and of your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep, you shall give him. You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the first wool from the shearing of your sheep,
5 For in him Jehovah thy God chose from all thy tribes to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons all the days. For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for all time. for the LORD your God has chosen them and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the LORD’s name always.
6 And when the Levite shall come from one of thy gates from all Israel where he sojourned there, and he came with all the desire of his soul to the place which Jehovah shall choose: “And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel, where he lives—and he may come when he desires—to the place that the LORD will choose, If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
7 And serving in the name of Jehovah his God as all his brethren the Levites standing there before Jehovah. and ministers in the name of the LORD his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand to minister there before the LORD, he may minister in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who serve there in the presence of the LORD.
8 Portion according to portion shall they eat, besides his sellings according to the fathers. then he may have equal portions to eat, besides what he receives from the sale of his patrimony. He is to share equally in their benefits, even though he has received money from the sale of family possessions.
9 When thou comest to the land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations. “When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
10 There shall not be found in thee him causing his son or his daughter to pass through in fire, divining divinations, practicing magic, and taking omens and a sorcerer, There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,
11 And charming a spell, and asking of a necromancer, and a wizard, and seeking to the dead. or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.
12 For every one doing these things is an abomination to Jehovah And on account of these abominations, Jehovah thy God destroys them from thy face. for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD. And because of these abominations the LORD your God is driving them out before you. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD; because of these same detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you.
13 Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God. You shall be blameless before the LORD your God, You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
14 For these nations which thou shalt possess them, they will hear to those practicing magic, and to those divining: and thou, not thus, gave Jehovah thy God to thee. for these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and to diviners. But as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do this. The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.
15 A prophet from the midst of thee, from thy brethren, like me Jehovah thy God shall raise up to thee; to him shall ye hear. “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.
16 According to all thou didst ask from Jehovah thy God in Horeb, in the day of the gathering, saying, I will not add to hear the voice of Jehovah my God, and this great fire I will no more see, and I shall not die. just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ For this is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die.”
17 And Jehovah will say to me, They did well in what they spake. And the LORD said to me, ‘They are right in what they have spoken. The LORD said to me: “What they say is good.
18 A prophet will I raise up to them from the midst of their brethren, like thee, and I gave my word in his mouth, and he spake to them all that I shall command him. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him.
19 And it was the man who shall not hear to my word which he shall speak in my name, I will require from him. And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him. I myself will call to account anyone who does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name.
20 But the prophet which shall act proudly to speak the word in my name which I commanded him not to speak, and who shall speak in the name of other gods, and that prophet died. 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 same prophet shall die.’ But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.”
21 And when thou shalt say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah spake not? And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?’— You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?”
22 The prophet who shall speak in the name of Jehovah, and the word shall not be and shall not come, it is the word that Jehovah spake not; in pride the prophet spake it: thou shalt not be afraid of him. when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him. If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.
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