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The priests the Levites, [even] all the tribe of Levi , shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel : they shall eat the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and his inheritance .
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And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren : Jehovah is their inheritance , as he hath spoken unto them.
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And this shall be the priests ' due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks , and the maw.
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The first -fruits of thy grain , of thy new wine , and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep , shalt thou give him.
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For Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes , to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah , him and his sons for ever.
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And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel , where he sojourneth , and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah shall choose;
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then he shall minister in the name of Jehovah his God , as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before Jehovah .
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They shall have like portions to eat , besides that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
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When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations .
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There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire , one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
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or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard , or a necromancer .
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For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah : and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
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Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God .
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For these nations , that thou shalt dispossess, hearken unto them that practise augury, and unto diviners; but as for thee, Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
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Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren , like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken ;
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according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly , saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God , neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
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And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken .
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I will raise them up a prophet 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 shall command him.
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And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name , I will require it of him.
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But the prophet , that shall speak a word presumptuously in my name , which I have not commanded him to speak , or that shall speak in the name of other gods , that same prophet shall die .
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And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken ?
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when a prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah , if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Jehovah hath not spoken : the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him.