Deuteronomy 18

1 The priests, the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: the fire-offerings of the Lord, and his inheritance shall they consume.

“There is not for the priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—a portion and inheritance with Israel; they eat fire-offerings of YHWH, even His inheritance,

2 But any inheritance shall he not have among his brethren: the Lord is his inheritance, as he hath spoken unto him.

and he has no inheritance in the midst of his brothers; YHWH Himself [is] his inheritance, as He has spoken to him.

3 And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from them that slay an animal, whether it be ox or lamb: then shall each one give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

And this is the priest’s right from the people, from those sacrificing a sacrifice, whether ox or sheep, he has even given to the priest the leg, and the two cheeks, and the stomach;

4 The first-fruit of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thy oil, and the first shearing of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

you give to him the first of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your flock;

5 For him the Lord thy God hath chosen out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, he and his sons all the days.

for your God YHWH has fixed on him, out of all your tribes, to stand to serve in the Name of YHWH—him and his sons continually.

6 And if the Levite come from any one of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the longing of his soul unto the place which the Lord will choose:

And when the Levite comes from one of your cities, out of all Israel where he has sojourned, and has come with all the desire of his soul to the place which YHWH chooses,

7 Then can he minister in the name of the Lord his God, like all his brethren the Levites, who stand there before the Lord.

then he has ministered in the Name of his God YHWH like all his brothers, the Levites, who are standing there before YHWH.

8 They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

They eat portion like portion, apart from his sold things from the fathers.

9 When thou comest into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

When you are coming into the land which your God YHWH is giving to you, you do not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.

10 There shall not be found among thee any one who causeth his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who useth divination, one who is an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a conjurer.

There is not found in you one causing his son and his daughter to pass over into fire, a user of divinations, an observer of clouds, and an enchanter, and a sorcerer,

11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or who inquireth of the dead.

and a charmer, and one inquiring from a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking to the dead.

12 For an abomination unto the Lord are all that do these things; and on account of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

For everyone doing these [is] an abomination [to] YHWH, and because of these abominations your God YHWH is dispossessing them from your presence.

13 Perfect shalt thou be with the Lord thy God.

You must be perfect with your God YHWH,

14 For these nations, which thou art about to dispossess, hearken unto observers of times, and unto diviners; but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not assigned the like unto thee.

for these nations whom you are possessing listen to observers of clouds and to diviners; but you—your God YHWH has not permitted you so.

15 A prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me, will the Lord thy God raise up unto thee; unto him shall ye hearken:

Your God YHWH raises up for you a Prophet like me out of your midst, out of your brothers—you must listen to Him,

16 According to all that thou didst desire of the Lord thy God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, I wish no more to hear the voice of the Lord my God, and this great fire I wish not to see again, that I die not.

according to all that you asked from your God YHWH in Horeb, in the day of the assembly, saying, Do not let me add to hear the voice of my God YHWH, and do not let me see this great fire anymore, and I do not die;

17 And the Lord said unto me, They have done well in what they have spoken.

and YHWH says to me, They have done well [in] what they have spoken;

18 A prophet will I raise up unto them from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I may command him.

I raise up for them a Prophet like you out of the midst of their brothers, and I have given My words in His mouth, and He has spoken to them all that which I command Him;

19 And it shall come to pass, that if there be a man who will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.

and it has been [that] the man who does not listen to My words which He speaks in My Name, I require [it] of him.

20 But the prophet, who may presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who may speak in the name of other Gods even that prophet shall die.

Only, the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My Name, which I have not commanded him to speak, and who speaks in the name of other gods, indeed, that prophet has died.

21 And if thou shouldst say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?

And when you say in your heart, How do we know the word which YHWH has not spoken?

22 That which the prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, and the thing do not happen and come not to pass— this is the word which the Lord hath not spoken; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; thou shalt not be afraid of him.

That which the prophet speaks in the Name of YHWH, and the thing is not, and does not come—it [is] the word which YHWH has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it in presumption; you are not afraid of him.”