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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 HaShem made by fire, and His inheritance

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And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; HaShem 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 corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him

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For HaShem thy G-d hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of HaShem, 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 HaShem shall choose

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then he shall minister in the name of HaShem his G-d, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before HaShem

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They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which is his due according to the fathers' houses

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When thou art come into the land which HaShem thy G-d giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations

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There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer

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or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer

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For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto HaShem; and because of these abominations HaShem thy G-d is driving them out from before thee

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Thou shalt be whole-hearted with HaShem thy G-d

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For these nations, that thou art to dispossess, hearken unto soothsayers, and unto diviners; but as for thee, HaShem thy G-d hath not suffered thee so to do

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A prophet will HaShem thy G-d raise up unto thee, 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 didst desire of HaShem thy G-d in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying: 'Let me not hear again the voice of HaShem my G-d, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

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And HaShem 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 HaShem hath not spoken?

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When a prophet speaketh in the name of HaShem, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which HaShem hath not spoken; the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him