¹Non habebunt sacerdotes et Levitæ,“The priests and the Levites,et omnes qui de eadem tribu sunt,and all who are from the same tribe,partem et hæreditatem cum reliquo Israël,shall have no portion or inheritance with the rest of Israel.quia sacrificia Domini, et oblationes ejus comedent,For they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord and his oblations.

¹Non habebunt sacerdotes et Levitæ,“The priests and the Levites,et omnes qui de eadem tribu sunt,and all who are from the same tribe,partem et hæreditatem cum reliquo Israël,shall have no portion or inheritance with the rest of Israel.quia sacrificia Domini, et oblationes ejus comedent,For they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord and his oblations.

²et nihil aliud accipient de possessione fratrum suorum:And they shall receive nothing else from the possession of their brothers.Dominus enim ipse est hæreditas eorum,For the Lord himself is their inheritance,sicut locutus est illis.just as he said to them.

²et nihil aliud accipient de possessione fratrum suorum:And they shall receive nothing else from the possession of their brothers.Dominus enim ipse est hæreditas eorum,For the Lord himself is their inheritance,sicut locutus est illis.just as he said to them.

³Hoc erit judicium sacerdotum a populo, et ab his qui offerunt victimas:This shall be the recompense for the priests from the people, and from those who offer victims,sive bovem, sive ovem immolaverint,whether they will immolate an ox or a sheep.dabunt sacerdoti armum ac ventriculum:They shall give to the priest the shoulder and the breast,

³Hoc erit judicium sacerdotum a populo, et ab his qui offerunt victimas:This shall be the recompense for the priests from the people, and from those who offer victims,sive bovem, sive ovem immolaverint,whether they will immolate an ox or a sheep.dabunt sacerdoti armum ac ventriculum:They shall give to the priest the shoulder and the breast,

⁴primitias frumenti,the first-fruits of grain,vini,wine,et olei,and oil,et lanarum partem ex ovium tonsione.and a portion of the wool from the shearing of the sheep.

⁴primitias frumenti,the first-fruits of grain,vini,wine,et olei,and oil,et lanarum partem ex ovium tonsione.and a portion of the wool from the shearing of the sheep.

⁵Ipsum enim elegit Dominus Deus tuus de cunctis tribubus tuis,For the Lord your God himself has chosen him out of all your tribes,ut stet, et ministret nomini Domini, ipse,so that he may stand and minister to the name of the Lord,et filii ejus in sempiternum.him and his sons, forever.

⁵Ipsum enim elegit Dominus Deus tuus de cunctis tribubus tuis,For the Lord your God himself has chosen him out of all your tribes,ut stet, et ministret nomini Domini, ipse,so that he may stand and minister to the name of the Lord,et filii ejus in sempiternum.him and his sons, forever.

⁶Si exierit Levites ex una urbium tuarum ex omni Israël in qua habitat,If a Levite departs from one of the cities, throughout all of Israel, in which he lives,et voluerit venire, desiderans locum quem elegerit Dominus,and if he wills and desires to go to the place which the Lord will choose,

⁶Si exierit Levites ex una urbium tuarum ex omni Israël in qua habitat,If a Levite departs from one of the cities, throughout all of Israel, in which he lives,et voluerit venire, desiderans locum quem elegerit Dominus,and if he wills and desires to go to the place which the Lord will choose,

⁷ministrabit in nomine Domini Dei sui,he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God,sicut omnes fratres ejus Levitæ,as do all his brothers, the Levites,qui stabunt eo tempore coram Domino.who will be standing at that time in the sight of the Lord.

⁷ministrabit in nomine Domini Dei sui,he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God,sicut omnes fratres ejus Levitæ,as do all his brothers, the Levites,qui stabunt eo tempore coram Domino.who will be standing at that time in the sight of the Lord.

⁸Partem ciborum eamdem accipiet, quam et ceteri:He shall receive the same portion of food as the rest also receive,excepto eo, quod in urbe sua ex paterna ei successione debetur.besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers.

⁸Partem ciborum eamdem accipiet, quam et ceteri:He shall receive the same portion of food as the rest also receive,excepto eo, quod in urbe sua ex paterna ei successione debetur.besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers.

⁹Quando ingressus fueris terram, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi,When you will have entered into the land which the Lord your God will give to you,cave ne imitari velis abominationes illarum gentium.be careful that you are not willing to imitate the abominations of those nations.

⁹Quando ingressus fueris terram, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi,When you will have entered into the land which the Lord your God will give to you,cave ne imitari velis abominationes illarum gentium.be careful that you are not willing to imitate the abominations of those nations.

¹⁰Nec inveniatur in te qui lustret filium suum,Do not let there be found among you one who would purify his sonaut filiam,or daughter by leading them through fire,ducens per ignem:nor one who consults seers,aut qui ariolos sciscitetur,nor one who observes dreamset observet somnia atque auguria,or omens.nec sit maleficus,Do not let there be found among you one who practices the occult,

¹⁰Nec inveniatur in te qui lustret filium suum,Do not let there be found among you one who would purify his sonaut filiam,or daughter by leading them through fire,ducens per ignem:nor one who consults seers,aut qui ariolos sciscitetur,nor one who observes dreamset observet somnia atque auguria,or omens.nec sit maleficus,Do not let there be found among you one who practices the occult,

¹¹nec incantator,nor one who uses spells,nec qui pythones consulat,nor one who consults demonic spirits,nec divinos,nor a diviner,aut quærat a mortuis veritatem.nor one who seeks the truth from the dead.

¹¹nec incantator,nor one who uses spells,nec qui pythones consulat,nor one who consults demonic spirits,nec divinos,nor a diviner,aut quærat a mortuis veritatem.nor one who seeks the truth from the dead.

¹²Omnia enim hæc abominatur Dominus,For the Lord abominates all these things.et propter istiusmodi scelera delebit eos in introitu tuo.And, because of these wicked ways, he will destroy them at your arrival.

¹²Omnia enim hæc abominatur Dominus,For the Lord abominates all these things.et propter istiusmodi scelera delebit eos in introitu tuo.And, because of these wicked ways, he will destroy them at your arrival.

¹³Perfectus eris,You shall be perfectet absque macula cum Domino Deo tuo.and without blemish with the Lord your God.

¹³Perfectus eris,You shall be perfectet absque macula cum Domino Deo tuo.and without blemish with the Lord your God.

¹⁴Gentes istæ,These nations,quarum possidebis terram,whose land you shall possess,augures et divinos audiunt:they listen to soothsayers and diviners.tu autem a Domino Deo tuo aliter institutus es.But you have been otherwise instructed by the Lord your God.

¹⁴Gentes istæ,These nations,quarum possidebis terram,whose land you shall possess,augures et divinos audiunt:they listen to soothsayers and diviners.tu autem a Domino Deo tuo aliter institutus es.But you have been otherwise instructed by the Lord your God.

¹⁵Prophetam de gente tua et de fratribus tuis,The Lord your God will raise up for you a PROPHET from your nationsicut me,and from your brothers,suscitabit tibi Dominus Deus tuus:similar to me.ipsum audies,You shall listen to him,

¹⁵Prophetam de gente tua et de fratribus tuis,The Lord your God will raise up for you a PROPHET from your nationsicut me,and from your brothers,suscitabit tibi Dominus Deus tuus:similar to me.ipsum audies,You shall listen to him,

¹⁶ut petisti a Domino Deo tuo in Horeb,just as you petitioned of the Lord your God at Horeb,quando concio congregata est,when the assembly was gathered together,atque dixisti:and you said:Ultra non audiam vocem Domini Dei mei,‘Let me no longer hear the voice of the Lord my God,et ignem hunc maximum amplius non videbo,and let me no longer see this very great fire,ne moriar.lest I die.’

¹⁶ut petisti a Domino Deo tuo in Horeb,just as you petitioned of the Lord your God at Horeb,quando concio congregata est,when the assembly was gathered together,atque dixisti:and you said:Ultra non audiam vocem Domini Dei mei,‘Let me no longer hear the voice of the Lord my God,et ignem hunc maximum amplius non videbo,and let me no longer see this very great fire,ne moriar.lest I die.’

¹⁷Et ait Dominus mihi:And the Lord said to me:Bene omnia sunt locuti.‘They have spoken all these things well.

¹⁷Et ait Dominus mihi:And the Lord said to me:Bene omnia sunt locuti.‘They have spoken all these things well.

¹⁸Prophetam suscitabo eis de medio fratrum suorum similem tui:I will raise up a prophet for them, from the midst of their brothers, similar to you.et ponam verba mea in ore ejus,And I will place my words in his mouth,loqueturque ad eos omnia quæ præcepero illi.and he will speak to them all the things that I will instruct him.

¹⁸Prophetam suscitabo eis de medio fratrum suorum similem tui:I will raise up a prophet for them, from the midst of their brothers, similar to you.et ponam verba mea in ore ejus,And I will place my words in his mouth,loqueturque ad eos omnia quæ præcepero illi.and he will speak to them all the things that I will instruct him.

¹⁹Qui autem verba ejus, quæ loquetur in nomine meo,But against anyone who is not willing to listen to his words,audire noluerit,which he will speak in my name,ego ultor existam.I will stand forth as the avenger.

¹⁹Qui autem verba ejus, quæ loquetur in nomine meo,But against anyone who is not willing to listen to his words,audire noluerit,which he will speak in my name,ego ultor existam.I will stand forth as the avenger.

²⁰Propheta autem qui arrogantia depravatus voluerit loqui in nomine meo,But if a prophet, having been corrupted by arrogance, chooses to speak,quæ ego non præcepi illi ut diceret,in my name, things which I did not instruct him to say,aut ex nomine alienorum deorum,or to speak in the name of foreign gods,interficietur.he shall be put to death.

²⁰Propheta autem qui arrogantia depravatus voluerit loqui in nomine meo,But if a prophet, having been corrupted by arrogance, chooses to speak,quæ ego non præcepi illi ut diceret,in my name, things which I did not instruct him to say,aut ex nomine alienorum deorum,or to speak in the name of foreign gods,interficietur.he shall be put to death.

²¹Quod si tacita cogitatione responderis:But if, in silent thought, you respond:Quomodo possum intelligere verbum, quod Dominus non est locutus?“How will I be able to recognize a word which the Lord has not spoken?”

²¹Quod si tacita cogitatione responderis:But if, in silent thought, you respond:Quomodo possum intelligere verbum, quod Dominus non est locutus?“How will I be able to recognize a word which the Lord has not spoken?”

²²hoc habebis signum:you shall have this sign.quod in nomine Domini propheta ille prædixerit, et non evenerit:If whatever that prophet predicts in the name of the Lord does not happen,hoc Dominus non est locutus,then the Lord has not spoken it. Instead,sed per tumorem animi sui propheta confinxit:the prophet has formed it through the swelling of his own mind.et idcirco non timebis eum.And for this reason, you shall not fear him.’”

²²hoc habebis signum:you shall have this sign.quod in nomine Domini propheta ille prædixerit, et non evenerit:If whatever that prophet predicts in the name of the Lord does not happen,hoc Dominus non est locutus,then the Lord has not spoken it. Instead,sed per tumorem animi sui propheta confinxit:the prophet has formed it through the swelling of his own mind.et idcirco non timebis eum.And for this reason, you shall not fear him.’”