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`There is not to the priests the Levites -- all the tribe of Levi -- a portion and inheritance with Israel ; fire-offerings of Jehovah , even His inheritance , they eat ,
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and he hath no inheritance in the midst of his brethren ; Jehovah Himself [is] his inheritance , as He hath spoken to him.
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`And this is the priest's right from the people, from those sacrificing a sacrifice, whether ox or sheep, he hath even given to the priest the leg, and the two cheeks , and the stomach;
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the first of thy corn , of thy new wine , and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy flock , thou dost give to him;
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for on him hath Jehovah thy God fixed, out of all thy tribes , to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah , He and his sons continually.
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`And when the Levite cometh from one of thy cities out of all Israel , where he hath sojourned , and hath come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,
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then he hath ministered in the name of Jehovah his God , like all his brethren , the Levites, who are standing there before Jehovah ,
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portion as portion they do eat , apart from his sold things, with the fathers .
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`When thou art coming in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations :
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there is not found in thee 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,
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and a charmer, and one asking at a familiar spirit, and a wizard , and one seeking unto the dead .
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`For the abomination of Jehovah [is] every one doing these, and because of these abominations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from thy presence.
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Perfect thou art with Jehovah thy God ,
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for these nations whom thou art possessing, unto observers of clouds, and unto diviners, do hearken ; and thou -- not so hath Jehovah thy God suffered thee.
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`A prophet out of thy midst, out of thy brethren , like to me, doth Jehovah thy God raise up to thee -- unto him ye hearken ;
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according to all that thou didst ask from Jehovah thy God , in Horeb, in the day of the assembly , saying, Let me not add to hear the voice of Jehovah my God , and this great fire let me not see any more, and I die not;
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and Jehovah saith unto me, They have done well that they have spoken ;
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a prophet I raise up to them, out of the midst of their brethren , like to thee; and I have given my words in his mouth , and he hath spoken unto them all that which I command him;
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and it hath been -- the man who doth not hearken unto My words which he doth speak in My name , I require [it] of him.
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`Only, the prophet who presumeth to speak a word in My name -- that which I have not commanded him to speak -- and who speaketh in the name of other gods -- even that prophet hath died .
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`And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken ? --
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that which the prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah , and the thing is not, and cometh not -- it [is] the word which Jehovah hath not spoken ; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; -- thou art not afraid of him.