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Deuteronomy 18:5-15 Amplified Bible (AMP)

5. For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name [and presence] of the Lord, him and his sons forever.

6. And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel where he is a temporary resident, he may come whenever he desires to [the sanctuary] the place the Lord will choose;

7. Then he may minister in the name [and presence of] the Lord his God like all his brethren the Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord.

8. They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what may come of the sale of his patrimony. [Jer. 32:6-15.]

9. When you come into the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of these nations.

10. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or daughter pass through the fire, or who uses divination, or is a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer,

11. Or a charmer, or a medium, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

12. For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord, and it is because of these abominable practices that the Lord your God is driving them out before you.

13. You shall be blameless [and absolutely true] to the Lord your God.

14. For these nations whom you shall dispossess listen to soothsayers and diviners. But as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so.

15. The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet (Prophet) from the midst of your brethren like me [Moses]; to him you shall listen. [Matt. 21:11; John 1:21.]