Deuteronomy 18
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A provision about Levites
Verse 1
WEB The priests the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and his inheritance.
KJV 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.
TSK shall have: de 10:9, de 12:19, nu 18:20, nu 26:62, jos 13:33, jos 18:7, 1pe 5:2-4; they shall: nu 18:8,9, jos 13:14, 1co 9:13,14
Verse 2
WEB They shall have no inheritance among their brothers: Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
KJV Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
TSK the Lord: ge 15:1, ps 16:5, ps 73:24-26, ps 84:11, ps 119:57, isa 61:6, la 3:24, 1pe 2:5,9, re 1:5,6
Verse 3
WEB This shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
KJV 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.
TSK offer a sacrifice: de 12:27, le 7:30-34
Verse 4
WEB The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
KJV 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.
TSK first-fruit: de 26:9,10, ex 22:29, ex 23:19, le 23:10,17, nu 18:12-24, 2ch 31:4-10, ne 12:44-47; the fleece: job 21:20
Verse 5
WEB For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons for ever.
KJV 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.
TSK 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.: de 10:8, de 17:12, ex 28:1-14, nu 3:10, nu 16:5,9,10, nu 17:5-9, nu 25:13
Verse 6
WEB If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he lives as a foreigner, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which Yahweh shall choose;
KJV 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;
TSK come: nu 35:2,3; and come with: ps 26:8, ps 27:4, ps 63:1,2, ps 84:5,10, 1ti 3:1, 1pe 5:2; unto the place: de 12:5, de 16:2
Verse 7
WEB then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh.
KJV 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.
TSK as all his brethren: 2ch 31:2-4
Verse 8
WEB They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.
KJV They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
TSK like portions: le 7:8,9,14, ne 12:44,47, lu 10:7, 1co 9:7-14, 1ti 5:17,18
The abominations of the Canaanites to be avoided
Verse 9
WEB When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
KJV 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.
TSK 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.: de 12:29-31, le 18:26,27,30
Verse 10
WEB There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
KJV 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,
TSK maketh: de 12:31, le 18:21-30, le 20:2-5, 2ki 16:3, 2ki 17:17, 2ki 21:6, 2ch 28:3, ps 106:37,38, jer 19:4-6, jer 32:35; that useth divination: ex 22:18, le 19:26,31, le 20:26,27, 1sa 28:3,7,9, 1ch 10:13, 2ch 33:6, isa 8:19,20, isa 47:13, ac 19:19, ga 5:20
Verse 11
WEB or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
KJV Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
TSK or a necromancer: 1sa 28:11-14
Verse 12
WEB For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh: and because of these abominations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you.
KJV 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.
TSK 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.: de 9:4, le 18:24,27
Verse 14
WEB For these nations, that you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice sorcery, and to diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do.
KJV 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.
TSK hath not suffered: de 18:10, ge 20:6, ps 147:19,20, ac 14:16
Christ the great Prophet
Verse 15
WEB Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from the midst of you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
KJV 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;
TSK a Prophet: de 18:18,19, joh 1:45, ac 3:22,23, ac 7:37; like unto me: de 5:5, de 34:10, lu 24:19, 1ti 2:5, heb 1:1,2, heb 2:1-3, heb 3:2-6; unto him: mt 17:5, lu 9:35, lu 10:16, joh 6:29, heb 1:2, 1jo 3:23
Verse 16
WEB This is according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die.”
KJV 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.
TSK in Horeb: de 9:10; Let me not hear: de 5:24-28, ex 20:19, heb 12:19
Verse 17
WEB Yahweh said to me, “They have well said that which they have spoken.
KJV And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
TSK And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.: de 5:28
Verse 18
WEB I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
KJV 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.
TSK raise them: de 18:15, joh 1:45; like unto: de 5:5, de 33:5, ex 40:26-29, nu 12:6-8,13, ps 2:6, ps 110:4, isa 9:6,7, zec 6:12,13, mal 3:1, lu 24:19, ga 3:19,20, 1ti 2:5, heb 3:2-6, heb 7:22, heb 12:24,25; will put: isa 50:4, isa 51:16, joh 17:18; he shall: joh 4:25, joh 8:28, joh 12:49,50, joh 15:15
Verse 19
WEB It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
KJV 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.
TSK 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.: mr 16:16, ac 3:22,23, heb 2:3, heb 3:7, heb 10:26, heb 12:25,26
Verse 20
WEB But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.”
KJV 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.
TSK the prophet: de 13:1-5, jer 14:14,15, jer 23:13-15,31, jer 27:15, eze 13:6, mt 7:15, 2pe 2:12; in the name: de 13:1,2, 1ki 18:19,27,40, jer 2:8, jer 28:15-17, zec 13:3, re 19:20
Verse 21
WEB If you say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?”
KJV And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
TSK And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?: 1th 5:24, 1jo 4:1-3, re 2:2
Verse 22
WEB when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing doesn’t follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.
KJV 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.
TSK speaketh: isa 41:22, jer 28:1-14; if the thing: de 13:2, 2ki 20:1, jon 3:4, jon 4:2, zec 1:5,6; presumptuously: de 18:20, jer 28:15-17; shalt not: pr 26:2