Deuteronomy 18:2-22

Deuteronomy 18:2-22

[2] Therefore shall they have no inheritance  among  their brethren:  the LORD  is their inheritance,  as he hath said  unto them. [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.  [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. [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.  [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;  [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.  [8] They shall have like portions  to eat,  beside that which cometh of the sale  of his patrimony.  [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.  [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,  [11] Or a charmer,  or a consulter  with familiar spirits,  or a wizard,  or a necromancer.  [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  [13] Thou shalt be perfect  with the LORD  thy God.  [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. [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;  [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  [17] And the LORD  said  unto me, They have well  spoken that which they have spoken.  [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  [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  [20] But the prophet,  which shall presume  to speak  a word  in my name,  which I have not commanded  him to speak,  in the name  of other  gods,  even that prophet  shall die.  [21] And if thou say  in thine heart,  How shall we know  the word  which the LORD  hath not spoken?  [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.