Deuteronomy 18:1–14

“And there shall not be for the Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, a plot of ground and an inheritance with Israel, rather they may eat an offering made by fire as their inheritance,a for Yahweh. 2 And there shall not be for themb an inheritance of land in the midst of his brothers; rather Yahweh is his inheritance, just as he ⌊promised⌋c to them.d

3 Now this shall be the share of the priest from the people, from ⌊those who sacrifice the sacrifice⌋,e whether it is an ox, sheep, or goat, and they shall give the priest the shoulder and the jawbones and the stomach. 4 The firstfruitsf of your grain, your wine, and your olive oil and the firstfruitsg of the fleece of your sheep you shall give to him. 5 For Yahweh your God has chosen him from among all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, he and his sons ⌊forever⌋.h

6 And if ai Levite comes from one of your ⌊towns⌋j from ⌊anywhere in Israel⌋k where he is residing, ⌊he may come whenever he desires⌋,l to the place that Yahweh will choose, 7 and he may minister in the name of Yahweh his God, just like all his brothers, ⌊the Levites who stand there⌋m ⌊before⌋n Yahweh. 8 They shall eat ⌊equal portions⌋,o apart from what he may receive from the sale of his patrimony.p

9 “When you come to the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you, you must not learn to do like the detestable practices of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you one who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, or ⌊one who practices divination⌋,q or an interpreter of signs,r or an augur,s or sorcerer, 11 or one who casts magic spells, or one who consults a spirit of the dead,t or spiritist, or one who inquires of the dead.u 12 For everyone doing these things is detestable to Yahweh, and because of these detestable things Yahweh your God is driving them out from ⌊before you⌋.v 13You must be blameless before Yahweh your God. 14 For these nations that you are about to dispossess listen to interpreters of signsw and to diviners, but Yahweh your God has not allowed you to do the same.

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a	The meaning of the Hebrew text here is uncertain; possibly it reads: “rather an offering by fire then they will eat as their inheritance/patrimony”
b	Hebrew “him”
c	Literally “spoke”
d	Hebrew “him”
e	Literally “the sacrificers of the sacrifice”
f	Hebrew “firstfruit”
g	Hebrew “firstfruit”
h	Literally “all of the days”
i	Hebrew “the”
j	Literally “gates”
k	Literally “all of Israel”
l	Literally “he may come in all the desire of his soul/inner self”
m	Literally “the Levites the ones standing there”
n	Literally “to the face of”
o	Literally “a portion like a portion”
p	Hebrew meaning of these phrases/words is not certain; also could translate as “except what they receive from the sale of their fathers’ estates” (NASB); or “what he may inherit from his father’s family”
q	Literally “a diviner of divination”
r	Or “soothsayer”
s	Or “an interpreter of omens”
t	Or “medium”
u	Or “necromancer”
v	Literally “the face of you”
w	Or “practice witchcraft”