World English Bible

Deuteronomy 18:4-13 World English Bible (WEB)

4. 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.

5. For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in Yahweh’s name, him and his sons for ever.

6. 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;

7. then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh.

8. They shall have like portions to eat, in addition to that which comes from the sale of his family possessions.

9. When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations.

10. 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,

11. or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

12. For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh. Because of these abominations, Yahweh your God drives them out from before you.

13. You shall be perfect with Yahweh your God.