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If a Levite moves from any town in Israel - and he is quite free to move wherever he desires - and comes to the place God designates for worship,
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he may serve there in the name of God along with all his brother Levites who are present and serving in the Presence of God.
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And he will get an equal share to eat, even though he has money from the sale of his parents' possessions.
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When you enter the land that God, your God, is giving you, don't take on the abominable ways of life of the nations there.
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Don't you dare sacrifice your son or daughter in the fire. Don't practice divination, sorcery, fortunetelling, witchery,
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casting spells, holding séances, or channeling with the dead.
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People who do these things are an abomination to God. It's because of just such abominable practices that God, your God, is driving these nations out before you.
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Be completely loyal to God, your God.
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These nations that you're about to run out of the country consort with sorcerers and witches. But not you. God, your God, forbids it.
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God, your God, is going to raise up a prophet for you. God will raise him up from among your kinsmen, a prophet like me. Listen obediently to him.
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This is what you asked God, your God, for at Horeb on the day you were all gathered at the mountain and said, "We can't hear any more from God, our God; we can't stand seeing any more fire. We'll die!"