Deut 17:18 ¶ "Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
Deut 17:19 "It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, by carefully observing all the words of this law and these statutes,
Deut 17:20 that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel.
Deut 18:1 "The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the LORD'S offerings by fire and His portion.
Deut 18:2 "They shall have no inheritance among their countrymen; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
Deut 18:3 ¶ "Now this shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, either an ox or a sheep, of which they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach.
Deut 18:4 "You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first shearing of your sheep.
Deut 18:5 "For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes, to stand and serve in the name of the LORD forever.
Deut 18:6 ¶ "Now if a Levite comes from any of your towns throughout Israel where he resides, and comes whenever he desires to the place which the LORD chooses,
Deut 18:7 then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
Deut 18:8 "They shall eat equal portions, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers' estates.
Deut 18:9 ¶ "When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations.
Deut 18:10 "There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
Deut 18:11 or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.
Deut 18:12 "For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you.
Deut 18:13 "You shall be blameless before the LORD your God.
Deut 18:14 "For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.
Deut 18:15 ¶ "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.
Deut 18:16 "This is according to all that you asked of the LORD your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.'
Deut 18:17 "The LORD said to me, 'They have spoken well.