1 “The|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" get any|strong="H3605" share|strong="H2506" of|strong="H3068" land|strong="H5159" in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" come|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" special sacrifices that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" offered as|strong="H1961" gifts|strong="H0801" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" share|strong="H2506" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878".
2 The|strong="H0834" tribe|strong="H0251" of|strong="H3068" Levi will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" get any|strong="H1961" share|strong="H5159" of|strong="H3068" land|strong="H7130" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0251" tribes. Their|strong="H3068" share|strong="H5159" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H1931", as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1961".
3 “When|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" kill one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H2077" your|strong="H5414" sheep|strong="H7716" or|strong="H0518" cattle|strong="H7794" for|strong="H4941" a|strong="H1961" sacrifice|strong="H2077", you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H0853" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" these|strong="H2088" parts: the|strong="H0853" shoulder|strong="H2220", both cheeks|strong="H3895", and|strong="H4941" the|strong="H0853" stomach|strong="H6896".
4 You|strong="H5414" must give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" priests the|strong="H5414" first|strong="H7225" part of|strong="H7225" your|strong="H5414" harvest|strong="H1488". You|strong="H5414" must give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" first|strong="H7225" part of|strong="H7225" your|strong="H5414" grain|strong="H1715", your|strong="H5414" new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492", and|strong="H6629" your|strong="H5414" oil|strong="H3323". You|strong="H5414" must give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Levites the|strong="H5414" first|strong="H7225" wool cut from|strong="H1715" your|strong="H5414" sheep|strong="H6629".
5 This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" looked at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" tribes|strong="H7626" and|strong="H1121" chose|strong="H0977" Levi and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H8334" him|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3068" priests forever|strong="H3117".
6 “Any|strong="H3605" Levite|strong="H3881" living|strong="H1481" in|strong="H0935" any|strong="H3605" town|strong="H8179" anywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478" may|strong="H3068" leave his|strong="H3605" home|strong="H4725" and|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" special place|strong="H4725". He|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3605" this|strong="H1931" anytime he|strong="H0834" wants.
7 And|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3068" Levite|strong="H3881" may|strong="H0430" serve|strong="H8334" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H8034" as|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" brother|strong="H0251" Levites|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" duty before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068".
8 And|strong="H0398" that|strong="H0001" Levite will|strong="H0001" get an|strong="H5921" equal|strong="H2506" share|strong="H2506" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other Levites, in|strong="H5921" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" share|strong="H2506" his|strong="H5921" family|strong="H0001" normally gets.
9 “When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0834" giving|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859", don’t|strong="H3808" learn|strong="H3925" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0834" terrible things|strong="H8441" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0834" other nations|strong="H1471" there|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213".
10 Don’t|strong="H3808" sacrifice your|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121" or|strong="H3808" daughters|strong="H1323" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3808" fires|strong="H0784" on|strong="H0784" your|strong="H3808" altars. Don’t|strong="H3808" try to|strong="H1121" learn what will|strong="H1121" happen|strong="H4672" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3808" future by|strong="H0784" talking to|strong="H1121" a|strong="H4672" fortuneteller or|strong="H3808" by|strong="H0784" going|strong="H4672" to|strong="H1121" a|strong="H4672" magician, a|strong="H4672" witch, or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H4672" sorcerer|strong="H3784".
11 Don’t let anyone try to|strong="H0413" put|strong="H4191" magic spells|strong="H2267" on|strong="H0413" other people. Don’t let any of|strong="H1875" your|strong="H0413" people become a|strong="H7592" medium|strong="H0178" or|strong="H4191" a|strong="H7592" wizard. And|strong="H4191" no one|strong="H2266" should|strong="H0413" try to|strong="H0413" talk with|strong="H0413" someone|strong="H4191" who|strong="H7592" has died|strong="H4191".
12 The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" hates anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" does|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H0428". And|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" these|strong="H0428" other|strong="H0428" nations do|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" terrible things|strong="H0428", the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" force them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H3423" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" as|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" enter it|strong="H3588".
13 You|strong="H5973" must be|strong="H1961" faithful to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", never doing anything he|strong="H0430" considers wrong.
14 “You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" force|strong="H1471" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0428" nations|strong="H1471" out|strong="H3423" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3068" land. They|strong="H0834" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H0834" use|strong="H7080" magic and|strong="H3068" try to|strong="H0413" tell|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" future. But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859" do|strong="H8085" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H0428".
15 The|strong="H0413" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" send to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7130" a|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030". This|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H6965" from|strong="H8085" among|strong="H7130" your|strong="H3068" own people|strong="H8085", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3644" me|strong="H0413". You|strong="H7130" must listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413".
16 God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" send you|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2063" prophet|strong="H0559" because|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H3254". When|strong="H3117" you|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" gathered|strong="H6951" together|strong="H5973" at|strong="H3068" Mount Horeb|strong="H2722", you|strong="H0834" became|strong="H7200" frightened and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘Don’t|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3808" us|strong="H7200" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" again|strong="H5750"! Don’t|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3808" us|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" great|strong="H1419" fire|strong="H0784" or|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191"!’
17 “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", ‘What|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" ask|strong="H0559" for|strong="H0413" is|strong="H0834" good|strong="H3190".
18 I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" send|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5414" prophet|strong="H5030" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H0834". This|strong="H1697" prophet|strong="H5030" will|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1697" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1697" their|strong="H3605" own people|strong="H0834". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H0413" what|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" must|strong="H0853" say|strong="H1696", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0834" everything|strong="H3605" I|strong="H0834" command|strong="H6680".
19 This|strong="H1697" prophet|strong="H0376" will|strong="H1961" speak|strong="H1696" for|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0376" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" punish anyone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" refuses to|strong="H0413" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H8085" commands|strong="H1697".’
20 “But|strong="H0389" a|strong="H1696" prophet|strong="H5030" might|strong="H0834" say|strong="H1696" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696". And|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0834" might|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H1696" people|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" speaking|strong="H1696" for|strong="H0430" me|strong="H1696". If|strong="H0834" this|strong="H1931" happens, that|strong="H0834" prophet|strong="H5030" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191". Also|strong="H0853" a|strong="H1696" prophet|strong="H5030" might|strong="H0834" come that|strong="H0834" speaks|strong="H1696" for|strong="H0430" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". That|strong="H0834" prophet|strong="H5030" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H0853" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191".
21 You|strong="H0834" might|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" thinking|strong="H0559", ‘How|strong="H0349" can|strong="H0349" we|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" if|strong="H3588" something|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H1696" says|strong="H0559" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068"?’
22 If|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030" says|strong="H1696" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" speaking|strong="H1696" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068", but|strong="H3808" what|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" says|strong="H1696" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961", you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" know that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1696" it|strong="H1931". You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" know that|strong="H0834" this|strong="H1931" prophet|strong="H5030" was|strong="H8034" speaking|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" ideas. You|strong="H0834" don’t|strong="H3808" need|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0935" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H1481" of|strong="H3068" him|strong="H0935".