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For the Lord your God has chosen Levi out of all your tribes, to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.
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If a Levite leaves any of your towns, from wherever he has been residing in Israel, and comes to the place that the Lord will choose (and he may come whenever he wishes),
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then he may minister in the name of the Lord his God, like all his fellow-Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord.
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They shall have equal portions to eat, even though they have income from the sale of family possessions.
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When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn to imitate the abhorrent practices of those nations.
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No one shall be found among you who makes a son or daughter pass through fire, or who practices divination, or is a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer,
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or one who casts spells, or who consults ghosts or spirits, or who seeks oracles from the dead.
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For whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord; it is because of such abhorrent practices that the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
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You must remain completely loyal to the Lord your God.
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Although these nations that you are about to dispossess do give heed to soothsayers and diviners, as for you, the Lord your God does not permit you to do so.
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The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you shall heed such a prophet.