Deuteronomy 18:1-14
1 “The priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and His portion. 2 Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the LORD is their inheritance, as He said to them. 3 “And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it is bull or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach. 4 The firstfruits of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him. 5 For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever.
6 “So if a Levite comes from any of your gates, from where he dwells among all Israel, and comes with all the desire of his mind to the place which the LORD chooses, 7 then he may serve in the name of the LORD his God as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD. 8 They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his inheritance.
9 “When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12 For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you. 13 You shall be blameless before the LORD your God. 14 For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not appointed such for you.
6 “So if a Levite comes from any of your gates, from where he dwells among all Israel, and comes with all the desire of his mind to the place which the LORD chooses, 7 then he may serve in the name of the LORD his God as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD. 8 They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his inheritance.
9 “When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12 For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you. 13 You shall be blameless before the LORD your God. 14 For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not appointed such for you.
The priests served and followed the LORD with Him alone as their inheritance; the sacrifices were theirs, but the promised land was not. We who are in Christ Jesus have our inheritance in Him, not the country we live in, for we have a better heavenly one promised as our land. He is our sacrifice and the Kingdom is as well. We serve God and not the spiritual evil of this land, for we do not dare “dabble” in the occult practices of mediums, tarot card readers, seances, witchcraft, astrology, nor interpret signs or speak with the dead. These things are abominable to the Lord God who made all things and in whom all exist and have their being. How then could we ever follow the present parts of the darkness of society which worship he creation rather than the Creator (Romans 1:25)? We are to be blameless, another word enclosed within holiness (1 Peter 1:16, Leviticus 20:26) to which we are chosen for and appointed to (Romans 6:22, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Ephesians 4:24) and which is essential (1 Thessalonians 4:7, Hebrews 12:14) to our new life from the darkness of death as we have been given eyes to see and ears to hear. Are we then now serving God, or the spiritual evil age (Galatians 1:4), the bondage of our spiritual Egypt which we have been set free from as a kingdom of priests to Him (Exodus 19:6, Revelation 1:6, 5:10)?
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