{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Fifth Book of Moses, called Deuteronomy<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 18<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,1,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">T<\/span>he priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,2,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,3,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And this shall be the priest&#039;s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,4,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,5,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,6,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,7,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,8,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,9,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,10,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,11,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,12,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,13,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,14,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,15,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,16,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,17,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,18,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,19,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,20,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,21,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,5,18,22,&quot;Deuteronomy&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/5\/17\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; 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