Provision for Priests and Levites (1 Corinthians 9:1–18)
1 DRA The priests and Levites, and all that are of the same tribe, shall have no part nor inheritance with the rest of Israel, because they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord, and his oblations, 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 DRA And they shall receive nothing else. of the possession of their brethren: for the Lord himself is their inheritance, as he hath said to them. BSB BSB: Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
3 DRA This shall be the priest’s due from the people, and from them that offer victims: whether they sacrifice an ox, or a sheep, they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the breast: 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 DRA The firstfruits also of corn, of wine, and of oil, and a part of the wool from the shearing of their 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 DRA For the Lord thy God hath chosen him of all thy tribes, to stand and to minister to the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever. 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 DRA If a Levite go out of any one of the cities throughout all Israel, in which he dwelleth, and have a longing mind to come to the place which the Lord shall choose, 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 DRA He shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, that shall stand at that time before the Lord. 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 DRA He shall receive the same portion of food that the rest do: besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers. 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 DRA Nor charmer, nor any one that consulteth pythonic spirits, or fortune tellers, or that seeketh the truth from the dead. BSB BSB: casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
12 DRA For the Lord abhorreth all these things, and for these abominations he will destroy them at thy coming. 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 DRA Thou shalt be perfect, and without spot before the Lord thy God. BSB BSB: You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
14 DRA These nations, whose land thou shalt possess, hearken to soothsayers and diviners: but thou art otherwise instructed by the Lord thy God. 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 DRA As thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the assembly was gathered together, and saidst: Let me not hear any more the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see any more this exceeding great fire, lest I 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 DRA And the Lord said to me: They have spoken all things well. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.
19 DRA And he that will not hear his words, which he shall speak in my name, I will be the revenger. BSB BSB: And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
22 DRA Thou shalt have this sign: Whatsoever that same prophet foretelleth in the name of the Lord, and it cometh not to pass: that thing the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath forged it by the pride of his mind: and therefore thou shalt not fear 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.