| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, will have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They will eat the LORD's fire offerings; that is their inheritance. | 1“Remember that the Levitical priests—that is, the whole of the tribe of Levi—will receive no allotment of land among the other tribes in Israel. Instead, the priests and Levites will eat from the special gifts given to the LORD, for that is their share. |
| 2Although Levi has no inheritance among his brothers, the LORD is his inheritance, as He promised him. | 2They will have no land of their own among the Israelites. The LORD himself is their special possession, just as he promised them. |
| 3This is the priests' share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether it is an ox, a sheep, or a goat; the priests are to be given the shoulder, jaws, and stomach. | 3“These are the parts the priests may claim as their share from the cattle, sheep, and goats that the people bring as offerings: the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach. |
| 4You are to give him the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first sheared wool of your flock. | 4You must also give to the priests the first share of the grain, the new wine, the olive oil, and the wool at shearing time. |
| 5For Yahweh your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in His name from now on. | 5For the LORD your God chose the tribe of Levi out of all your tribes to minister in the LORD’s name forever. |
| 6When a Levite leaves one of your towns where he lives in Israel and wants to go to the place the LORD chooses, | 6“Suppose a Levite chooses to move from his town in Israel, wherever he is living, to the place the LORD chooses for worship. |
| 7he may serve in the name of Yahweh his God like all his fellow Levites who minister there in the presence of the LORD. | 7He may minister there in the name of the LORD his God, just like all his fellow Levites who are serving the LORD there. |
| 8They will eat equal portions besides what he has received from the sale of the family estate." | 8He may eat his share of the sacrifices and offerings, even if he also receives support from his family. A Call to Holy Living |
| 9When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations. | 9“When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations living there. |
| 10No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery, | 10For example, never sacrifice your son or daughter as a burnt offering. And do not let your people practice fortune-telling, or use sorcery, or interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft, |
| 11cast spells, consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead. | 11or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead. |
| 12Everyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable things. | 12Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD. It is because the other nations have done these detestable things that the LORD your God will drive them out ahead of you. |
| 13You must be blameless before the LORD your God. | 13But you must be blameless before the LORD your God. |
| 14Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do this." | 14The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but the LORD your God forbids you to do such things.” True and False Prophets |
| 15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him. | 15Moses continued, “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. |
| 16This is what you requested from the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, 'Let us not continue to hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire any longer, so that we will not die!' | 16For this is what you yourselves requested of the LORD your God when you were assembled at Mount Sinai. You said, ‘Don’t let us hear the voice of the LORD our God anymore or see this blazing fire, for we will die.’ |
| 17Then the LORD said to me, 'They have spoken well. | 17“Then the LORD said to me, ‘What they have said is right. |
| 18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. | 18I will raise up a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell the people everything I command him. |
| 19I will hold accountable whoever does not listen to My words that he speaks in My name. | 19I will personally deal with anyone who will not listen to the messages the prophet proclaims on my behalf. |
| 20But the prophet who dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods--that prophet must die.' | 20But any prophet who falsely claims to speak in my name or who speaks in the name of another god must die.’ |
| 21You may say to yourself, 'How can we recognize a message the LORD has not spoken?' | 21“But you may wonder, ‘How will we know whether or not a prophecy is from the LORD?’ |
| 22When a prophet speaks in the LORD's name, and the message does not come true or is not fulfilled, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him." | 22If the prophet speaks in the LORD’s name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that the LORD did not give that message. That prophet has spoken without my authority and need not be feared. |
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