6. “Any Levite living in any town anywhere in Israel may leave his home and come to the Lord’S special place. He may do this anytime he wants.
7. And this Levite may serve in the name of the Lord his God, the same as all his brother Levites who are on duty before the Lord.
8. And that Levite will get an equal share with the other Levites, in addition to the share his family normally gets.
9. “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, don’t learn to do the terrible things the people of the other nations there do.
10. Don’t sacrifice your sons or daughters in the fires on your altars. Don’t try to learn what will happen in the future by talking to a fortuneteller or by going to a magician, a witch, or a sorcerer.
11. Don’t let anyone try to put magic spells on other people. Don’t let any of your people become a medium or a wizard. And no one should try to talk with someone who has died.
12. The Lord hates anyone who does these things. And because these other nations do these terrible things, the Lord your God will force them out of the land as you enter it.
13. You must be faithful to the Lord your God, never doing anything he considers wrong.
14. “You will force the other nations out of your land. They listen to people who use magic and try to tell the future. But the Lord your God will not let you do these things.
15. The Lord your God will send to you a prophet. This prophet will come from among your own people, and he will be like me. You must listen to him.
16. God will send you this prophet because that is what you asked him to do. When you were gathered together at Mount Horeb, you became frightened and said, ‘Don’t let us hear the voice of the Lord our God again! Don’t let us see that great fire or we will die!’
17. “The Lord said to me, ‘What they ask for is good.