Provision for Priests and Levites (1 Corinthians 9:1–18)
1 UST The priests, who are all from the tribe of Levi, will not receive any land in Israel. Instead, they will receive some of the food that other people offer to Yahweh. 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 UST They will not receive any land like the other tribes will. What they will receive is the honor of being Yahweh’ s priests, which is what he promised them. BSB BSB: Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
3 UST This is what the law requires that the people do for the priests. When the people bring an ox or a sheep as a sacrifice, they must give to the priests the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach of those animals. 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 UST You must also give to them the first part of the grain that you harvest, the wine and olive oil that you make, and the wool that you shear from your 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 UST You must do this because Yahweh our God has chosen the tribe of Levi from all of your tribes. He did this so that they would always be the priests who would serve him. 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 UST Suppose that a man from the tribe of Levi who has been living in one of the towns in Israel wants to live in the place of worship that Yahweh has 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 UST In that case, he may serve Yahweh there as a priest, just like the other men from the tribe of Levi who have been serving there. 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 UST He must receive the same amount of food that the other priests receive. He may keep any money that he gets from selling family possessions. 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 UST Do not put spells on people. Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. BSB BSB: casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
12 UST You must not do those things, because Yahweh hates people who do any of those disgusting things. He is going to drive out these people groups to benefit you because they do those disgusting things. 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 UST But you must be completely pure for Yahweh{ and avoid doing any of those disgusting things}. BSB BSB: You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
14 UST The people groups that you are about to expel from the land rely on fortune- tellers and people who practice divination. But as for you, Yahweh our God does not allow you to do that. 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 UST On the day that your ancestors gathered at the bottom of the mountain at Horeb, they begged me for help. They told me that they did not want Yahweh to speak to them again. They did not want to see the huge fire{ that burned on the mountain}. They were afraid that they would die if Yahweh spoke to them again. 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 UST Then Yahweh said to me,‘I agree with them. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.
19 UST If any person does not obey what I have told him to say, then I myself will punish that person. BSB BSB: And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
22 UST If a person claims to be a prophet who speaks for Yahweh, but what that person said will happen does not happen, then{ you will know that} Yahweh did not reveal that message to him. That person said it just so that others would think that he is important, and you do not need to take that person seriously. 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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