New English Translation

Deuteronomy 18:6-13 New English Translation (NET)

6. Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, to the place the Lord chooses

7. and serves in the name of the Lord his God like his fellow Levites who stand there before the Lord.

8. He must eat the same share they do, despite any profits he may gain from the sale of his family’s inheritance.

9. When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

10. There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer,

11. one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer.

12. Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord and because of these detestable things the Lord your God is about to drive them out from before you.

13. You must be blameless before the Lord your God.