Deuteronomy 18
The Levites' inheritance is described as the Lord Himself and the offerings.
DeuteronomyChapter 18 of 3422 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: Mount Sinai
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The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance.
Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.
For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.
Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate.
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.
You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
Though these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 36: Where does the first prophet lead?
God will raise up a prophet like Moses — fulfilled in Jesus
“For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.”
Read Acts 3:22›Stephen cites prophet like Moses pointing to Jesus
“This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’”
Read Acts 7:37›This is truly the Prophet who is to come
“When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.””
Read John 6:14›God will raise up a prophet like me from among your own people
“This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’”
Read Acts 7:37›Prophet like Moses — Jesus the greater Moses
“For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.”
Read Acts 3:22›This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”
You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?”
When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
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How to Hear God’s Voice: A Practical Guide for BelieversScripture is the record of a God who speaks. This guide covers how to hear Him today and keep what He says.Cross-references for Deuteronomy 18
“For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.”
“This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’”
““Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.””
“So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.”
“I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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