Deuteronomy 18 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition（CEVDCI）

Special Privileges for Priests and Levites(Numbers 18.8-32)Moses said to Israel:

1The people of the Levi tribe, including the priests, will not receive any land. Instead, they will receive part of the sacrifices that are offered to the Lord,

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4In addition, they will receive the first part of your grain harvest and part of your first batches of wine and olive oil. You must also give them the first wool that is cut from your sheep each year.

5Give these gifts to the priests, because the Lord has chosen them and their descendants out of all the tribes of Israel to be his special servants at the place of worship.

6Any Levite can leave his hometown, and go to the place where the Lord chooses to be worshiped,

7and then be a special servant of the Lord

there, just like all the other Levites.

8Some Levites may have money from selling family possessions, and others may not. But all Levites serving at the place of worship will receive the same amount of food from the sacrifices and gifts brought by the people.

Don't Do Disgusting ThingsMoses said to Israel:

9Soon you will go into the land that the Lord your God is giving you. The nations that live there do things that are disgusting to the Lord, and you must not follow their example.

10-11 or to cast spells or to talk with spirits of the dead.

12The Lord is disgusted with anyone who does these things, and that's why he will help you destroy the nations that are in the land.

13 and said to the Lord, “Please don't let us hear your voice or see this terrible fire again—if we do, we will die!”

17Then the Lord told me:

Moses, they have said the right thing.

18So when I want to speak to them, I will choose one of them to be a prophet like you. I will give my message to that prophet, who will tell the people exactly what I have said.

19Ac 3.23. Since the message comes from me, anyone who doesn't obey the message will have to answer to me.

20But if I haven't spoken, and a prophet claims to have a message from me, you must kill that prophet, and you must also kill any prophet who claims to have a message from another god.

Moses said to Israel:

21You may be asking yourselves, “How can we tell if a prophet's message really comes from the Lord?”

22You will know, because if the Lord says something will happen, it will happen. And if it doesn't, you will know that the prophet was falsely claiming to speak for the Lord. Don't be afraid of any prophet whose message doesn't come from the Lord.