1 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 our Lord, and his oblations,
1 The priests and Levites, ¹and 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,
2 and nothing else shall they receive of the possession of their brethren: for our Lord himself is their inheritance, as he hath spoken to them.
2 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.
3 This shall be the right of the Priests from the people, and from them that offer victims: whether they immolate oxe, or sheep, they shall give to the Priest the shoulder and the maw:
3 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:
4 the first fruits of corn, of wine, and oil, and a part of the wool of their sheep-shearing.
4 ²The firstfruits also of corn, of wine, and of oil, and a part of the wool from the shearing of their sheep.
5 For him hath our Lord chosen of all thy tribes, that he might stand and minister to our Lord, he and his sons for ever.
5 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 forever.
6 If a Levite go out of one of thy cities of all Israel in the which he dwelleth, and would come desiring the place which our Lord shall choose,
6 If a Levite go out of anyone 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,
7 he shall minister in the name of our Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites, that shall stand at that time before our Lord.
7 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.
8 He shall receive the same portion of meats that the rest do: beside that, which in his own city is due to him by succession from his fathers.
8 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.
9 When thou art entered the Land, which our Lord thy God shall give thee, beware thou be not willing to imitate the abominations of those nations.
9 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.
10 Neither let there be found in thee any that shall expiate his son, or daughter, making them to pass through the fire: or that demandeth of soothsayers, and observeth dreams and divinations, neither let there be a sorcerer,
10 ³Neither let there be found among you anyone 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,
11 nor enchanter, nor that consulteth with python, or diviners, and seeketh the truth of the dead.
11 Nor charmer, nor anyone that consulteth pythonic spirits, or fortune tellers, ⁴or that seeketh the truth from the dead.
12 For all these things our Lord abhorreth, and for these abominations will he destroy them at thy entering in.
12 For the Lord abhorreth all these things, and for these abominations he will destroy them at thy coming.
13 Thou shalt be perfect & without spot with our Lord thy God.
13 Thou shalt be perfect, and without spot before the Lord thy God.
14 These nations, whose land thou shalt possess, hear soothsayers, and diviners: but thou art otherwise instructed of our Lord thy God.
14 These nations, whose land thou shalt possess, hearken to soothsayers and diviners: but thou art otherwise instructed by the Lord thy God.
15 A prophet of thy nation & of thy brethren like unto me, will our Lord thy God raise up to thee: him thou shalt hear,
15 ⁵The Lord thy God will raise up to thee a Prophet of thy nation and of thy brethren like unto me: him thou shalt hear:
16 as thou didst request of our Lord thy God in Horeb, when the assembly was gathered, and saidst: I will no more hear the voice of our Lord my God, and this exceeding great fire I will see no more, lest I die.
16 As thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in ⁶Horeb, 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.
17 And our Lord said to me: They have spoken all things well.
17 And the Lord said to me: They have spoken all things well.
18 A Prophet will I raise up to them out of the midst of their brethren like to thee: and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak all things that I shall command him.
18 ⁷I 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.
19 But he that will not hear his words, which he shall speak in my name, I will be the revenger.
19 And he that will not hear his words, which he shall speak in my name, I will be the revenger.
20 And the Prophet that being depraved with arrogancy will speak in my name, the things that I did not command him to say, or in the name of strange gods, shall be slain.
20 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.
21 And if in secret cogitation thou answer: How shall I understand the word, that our Lord spake not?
21 And if in silent thought thou answer: How shall I know the word that the Lord hath not spoken?
22 This sign thou shalt have: That which the same Prophet foretelleth, in the name of the Lord, & cometh not to pass: that our Lord hath not spoken, but by the arrogancy of his mind the Prophet hath forged it: and therefore thou shalt not fear him.
22 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.