¹The priests the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and his inheritance.

¹Levitpræsterne, hele Levis Stamme, skal ikke have arvelod og Del sammen med det øvrige Israel, men leve af HERRENs Ildofre og af det, der tilfalder ham.

²They shall have no inheritance among their brothers: Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.

²Han må ikke eje nogen Arvelod blandt sine Brødre; HERREN er hans Arvelod, som han lovede ham.

³This shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

³Og dette skal være den Ret, Præsterne har Krav på hos Folket, hos dem, der slagter Ofre, være sig Okser eller Småkvæg: Han skal give Præsten Boven, Kæberne og Kaljunet.

⁴The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.

⁴Det første af dit Korn, din Most og din Olie og den første Uld af dine Får skal du give ham.

⁵For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons for ever.

⁵Thi ham har HERREN din Gud udvalgt blandt alle dine Stammer, så at han og hans Sønner altid skal gøre Præstetjeneste i HERRENs Navn.

⁶If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he lives as a foreigner, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which Yahweh shall choose;

⁶Når en Levit inden dine Porte et steds i Israel, hvor han har haft sit Ophold, kommer til det Sted, HERREN udvælger det står ham frit for at komme, hvis han vil

⁷then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh.

⁷må han gøre Præstetjeneste i HERREN sin Guds Navn, lige så vel som alle hans Brødre, de andre Leviter, der står for HERRENs Åsyn der.

⁸They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.

⁸De skal nyde samme Ret, fraregnet hvad enhver er kommet til ved Salg af sin Fædrenearv.

⁹When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

⁹Når du kommer ind i det Land, HERREN din Gud vil give dig, må du ikke lære at efterligne disse Folks Vederstyggeligheder.

¹⁰There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

¹⁰Der må ingen findes hos dig, som lader sin Søn eller datter gå igennem. Ilden, ingen, som driver Spådomskunst, tager Varsler, er Sandsiger eller øver Trolddom,

¹¹or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

¹¹ingen, som foretager Besværgelse eller gør Spørgsmål til Genfærd og Sandsigerånder og henvender sig til de døde;

¹²For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh: and because of these abominations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you.

¹²thi enhver, der gør sligt, er HERREN vederstyggelig, og for disse Vederstyggeligheders Skyld er det, at HERREN din Gud driver dem bort foran dig.

¹³You shall be perfect with Yahweh your God.

¹³Ustraffelig skal du være for HERREN din Gud.

¹⁴For these nations, that you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice sorcery, and to diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do.

¹⁴Thi disse Folk, som du skal drive bort, hører på dem, der tager Varsler og driver Spådomskunst; men sligt har HERREN din Gud ikke tilladt dig.

¹⁵Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from the midst of you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.

¹⁵HERREN din Gud vil lade en Profet som mig fremstå af din Midte, af dine Brødre; ham skal I høre på.

¹⁶This is according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die.”

¹⁶Således udbad du dig det jo af HERREN din Gud ved Horeb, den Dag I var forsamlede, da du sagde: "Lad mig ikke mere høre HERREN min Guds Røst og se denne vældige Ild, at jeg ikke skal dø!"

¹⁷Yahweh said to me, “They have well said that which they have spoken.

¹⁷Da sagde HERREN til mig: "De har talt rettelig!

¹⁸I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

¹⁸Jeg vil lade en Profet som dig fremstå for dem af deres Brødre og lægge mine Ord i hans Mund, og han skal sige dem alt, hvad jeg byder ham!

¹⁹It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

¹⁹Og enhver, der ikke vil høre mine Ord, som han taler i mit Navn, ham vil jeg kræve til Regnskab.

²⁰But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.”

²⁰Men den Profet, der formaster sig til at tale noget i mit Navn, som jeg ikke har pålagt ham at tale, eller taler i en anden Guds Navn, den Profet skal dø!"

²¹If you say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?”

²¹Og hvis du tænker ved dig selv: "Hvorledes skal vi kende det Ord, HERREN ikke har talt?"

²²when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing doesn’t follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.

²²så vid: Hvad en Profet taler i HERRENs Navn, uden at det sker og indtræffer, det er noget, HERREN ikke har talt. I Formastelighed har Profeten udtalt det, og du skal ikke være bange for ham!