Provision for Priests and Levites (1 Corinthians 9:1–18)
1 Brenton The priests, the Levites, even the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; the burnt-offerings of the Lord are their inheritance, they shall eat them. BSB BSB: 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.
2 Brenton And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself is his portion, as he said to him. BSB BSB: Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
3 Brenton And this is the due of the priests in the things coming from the people from those who offer sacrifices, whether it be a calf or a sheep; and thou shalt give the shoulder to the priest, and the cheeks, and the great intestine: BSB BSB: 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.
4 Brenton and the first-fruits of thy corn, and of thy wine, and of thine oil; and thou shalt give to him the first-fruits of the fleeces of thy sheep: BSB BSB: You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.
5 Brenton because the Lord has chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand before the Lord thy God, to minister and bless in his name, himself and his sons among the children of Israel. BSB BSB: 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.
6 Brenton And if a Levite come from one of the cities of all the children of Israel, where he himself dwells, accordingly as his mind desires, to the place which he shall have chosen, BSB BSB: Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
7 Brenton he shall minister to the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites, who stand there present before the Lord thy God. BSB BSB: then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
8 Brenton He shall eat an allotted portion, besides the sale of his hereditary property. BSB BSB: They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate.
Sorcery Forbidden (Acts 8:9–25)
11 Brenton a sorcerer employing incantation, one who has in him a divining spirit, an observer of signs, questioning the dead. BSB BSB: casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
12 Brenton For every one that does these things is an abomination to the Lord thy God; for because of these abominations the Lord will destroy them from before thy face. BSB BSB: 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.
13 Brenton Thou shalt be perfect before the Lord thy God. BSB BSB: You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
14 Brenton For all these nations whose land thou shalt inherit, they will listen to omens and divinations; but the Lord thy God has not permitted thee so to do . BSB BSB: Though these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.
A Prophet Like Moses (Acts 3:11–26)
16 Brenton according to all things which thou didst desire of the Lord thy God in Choreb in the day of the assembly, saying, We will not again hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and we will not any more see this great fire, and so we shall not die. BSB BSB: 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!”
17 Brenton And the Lord said to me, They have spoken rightly all that they have said to thee. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.
19 Brenton And whatever man shall not hearken to whatsoever words that prophet shall speak in my name, I will take vengeance on him. BSB BSB: And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
22 Brenton Whatsoever words that prophet shall speak in the name of the Lord, and they shall not come true, and not come to pass, this is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; that prophet has spoken wickedly: ye shall not spare him. BSB BSB: 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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