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Youngs Literal Translation
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| 18:1 |
The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. |
`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, |
| 18:2 |
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. |
and he hath no inheritance in the midst of his brethren; Jehovah Himself `is' his inheritance, as He hath spoken to him. |
| 18:3 |
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. |
`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; |
| 18:4 |
The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. |
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; |
| 18:5 |
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. |
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. |
| 18:6 |
And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose; |
`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, |
| 18:7 |
Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD. |
then he hath ministered in the name of Jehovah his God, like all his brethren, the Levites, who are standing there before Jehovah, |
| 18:8 |
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. |
portion as portion they do eat, apart from his sold things, with the fathers. |
| 18:9 |
When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. |
`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: |
| 18:10 |
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, |
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, |
| 18:11 |
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. |
and a charmer, and one asking at a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking unto the dead. |
| 18:12 |
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. |
`For the abomination of Jehovah `is' every one doing these, and because of these abominations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from thy presence. |
| 18:13 |
Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. |
Perfect thou art with Jehovah thy God, |
| 18:14 |
For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. |
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. |
| 18:15 |
The LORD 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; |
`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; |
| 18:16 |
According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. |
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; |
| 18:17 |
And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. |
and Jehovah saith unto me, They have done well that they have spoken; |
| 18:18 |
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. |
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; |
| 18:19 |
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. |
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. |
| 18:20 |
But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. |
`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. |
| 18:21 |
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? |
`And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? -- |
| 18:22 |
When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. |
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. |
