Deuteronomy 18
- 1The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part or inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.
- 2Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brothers: the Lord is their inheritance, as he has said to them.
- 3And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it is ox or sheep. They shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the stomach.
- 4The first part also of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him.
- 5For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.
- 6And if a Levite come from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he stayed, and come with all the desire of his mind to the place which the Lord shall choose.
- 7Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.
- 8They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.
- 9When you have come into the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the disgusting practices of those nations.
- 10There shall not be found among you any one that makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
- 11Or a charmer, or someone who consults mediums, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
- 12For all that do these things are something the Lord hates: and because of these disgusting practices the Lord your God does drive them out from before you.
- 13You shall be perfect with the Lord your God.
- 14For these nations, which you shall possess, listened to observers of times, and to fortune-tellers: but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so.
- 15The Lord your God will raise up to you a Prophet from among you, of your brothers and sisters, like me. To him you shall listen.
- 16According to all that you desired of the Lord your 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 do not die.
- 17And the Lord said to me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
- 18I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brothers, like to you, and will put my words in his mouth. He shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
- 19And whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
- 20But the prophet, who 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.
- 21And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?
- 22When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not follow, or happen, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken, but the prophet has spoken it arrogantly: you shall not be afraid of him.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Deuteronomy 18 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVThe priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part or inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.
KJVTherefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
GIGAKJVTherefore they shall have no inheritance among their brothers: the Lord is their inheritance, as he has said to them.
KJVAnd this shall be the priest'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.
GIGAKJVAnd this shall be the priest's due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it is ox or sheep. They shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the stomach.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVThe first part also of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him.
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.
KJVAnd 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;
GIGAKJVAnd if a Levite come from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he stayed, and come with all the desire of his mind to the place which the Lord shall choose.
KJVThen he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.
GIGAKJVThen he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.
KJVThey shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
GIGAKJVThey shall have like portions to eat, beside that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.
KJVWhen 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.
GIGAKJVWhen you have come into the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the disgusting practices of those nations.
KJVThere 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.
GIGAKJVThere shall not be found among you any one that makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
KJVOr a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
GIGAKJVOr a charmer, or someone who consults mediums, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor all that do these things are something the Lord hates: and because of these disgusting practices the Lord your God does drive them out from before you.
KJVThou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
GIGAKJVYou shall be perfect with the Lord your God.
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor these nations, which you shall possess, listened to observers of times, and to fortune-tellers: but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so.
KJVThe 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;
GIGAKJVThe Lord your God will raise up to you a Prophet from among you, of your brothers and sisters, like me. To him you shall listen.
KJVAccording 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.
GIGAKJVAccording to all that you desired of the Lord your 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 do not die.
KJVAnd the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord said to me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
KJVI 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.
GIGAKJVI will raise them up a Prophet from among their brothers, like to you, and will put my words in his mouth. He shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut the prophet, who 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.
KJVAnd if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?
GIGAKJVAnd if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?
KJVWhen 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.
GIGAKJVWhen a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not follow, or happen, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken, but the prophet has spoken it arrogantly: you shall not be afraid of him.
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