4. You must also give to the priests the first share of the grain, the new wine, the olive oil, and the wool at shearing time.
5. For the lord your God chose the tribe of Levi out of all your tribes to minister in the lord’s name forever.
6. “Suppose a Levite chooses to move from his town in Israel, wherever he is living, to the place the lord chooses for worship.
7. He may minister there in the name of the lord his God, just like all his fellow Levites who are serving the lord there.
8. He may eat his share of the sacrifices and offerings, even if he also receives support from his family.
9. “When you enter the land the lord your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations living there.
10. For example, never sacrifice your son or daughter as a burnt offering. And do not let your people practice fortune-telling, or use sorcery, or interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft,
11. or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead.
12. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the lord. It is because the other nations have done these detestable things that the lord your God will drive them out ahead of you.
13. But you must be blameless before the lord your God.
14. The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but the lord your God forbids you to do such things.”
15. Moses continued, “The lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.
16. For this is what you yourselves requested of the lord your God when you were assembled at Mount Sinai. You said, ‘Don’t let us hear the voice of the lord our God anymore or see this blazing fire, for we will die.’