181 " The Levitical priests , the whole tribe of Levi , shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel ; they shall eat the Lord'S offerings by fire and His portion . 2 " They shall have no inheritance among their countrymen ; the Lord is their inheritance , as He promised them. 3 " Now this shall be the priests' due from the people , from those who offer a sacrifice , either an ox or a sheep , of which they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach . 4 "You shall give him the first fruits of your grain , your new wine , and your oil , and the first shearing of your sheep . 5 " For the Lord your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes , to stand and serve in the name of the Lord forever e . 6 "Now if a Levite comes from any of your towns throughout e Israel where e he resides , and comes whenever he desires to the place which the Lord chooses , 7 then he shall serve in the name of the Lord his God , like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the Lord . 8 " They shall eat equal portions , except what they receive from the sale of their fathers' estates.
9 "When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations . 10 "There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire , one who uses divination , one who practices witchcraft , or one who interprets omens , or a sorcerer , 11 or one who casts a spell , or a medium e , or a spiritist , or one who calls up the dead . 12 "For whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord ; and because of these detestable things the Lord your God will drive them out before e you. 13 " You shall be blameless before the Lord your God . 14 "For those nations , which you shall dispossess , listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners , but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so .
15 " The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen , you shall listen to him. 16 "This is according to all that you asked of the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly , saying , 'Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God , let me not see this great fire anymore , or I will die .' 17 " The Lord said to me, 'They have spoken well . 18 'I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth , and he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 ' It shall come about that whoever e will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name , I Myself will require it of him. 20 'But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak , or which he speaks in the name of other gods , that prophet shall die .' 21 "You may say in your heart , 'How will we know the word which the Lord has not spoken ?' 22 " When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord , if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken . The prophet has spoken it presumptuously ; you shall not be afraid of him.
