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Deuteronomychapter 18

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Deuteronomy 18— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Deuteronomy 18. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 48 of 54

שֹׁפְטִים Shoftim, Deuteronomy 16:18 to 21:9

Read with it: Isaiah 51:12 to 52:12.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Levi's living comes from the offerings1

Deuteronomy 18:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808יִ֠הְיֶהyihyehit will belongH1961לַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםlakohanimto the priestsH3548הַלְוִיִּ֜םhalviyimthe LevitesH3881כָּל־kol-allH3605שֵׁ֧בֶטshevet[the] tribe ofH7626לֵוִ֛יleviLeviH3878חֵ֥לֶקcheleka portionH2506וְנַחֲלָ֖הvenachalahand an inheritanceH5159עִם־ʾim-withH5973יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelIsraelH3478אִשֵּׁ֧יʾishei[the] fire offerings ofH801יְהוָ֛הyahwehYahwehH3068וְנַחֲלָת֖וֹvenachalatoand inheritance hisH5159יֹאכֵלֽוּן׃yokhelunthey will eat !H398

Ramban on Deuteronomy 18:1

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
THE FIRE OFFERINGS OF THE ETERNAL — “the hallowed offerings of the Sanctuary. AND HIS INHERITANCE — these are hallowed gifts that may be consumed outside of the Sanctuary and Jerusalem, such as the heave-offerings and the tithes.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Deuteronomy 18:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588תוֹעֲבַ֥תtoavat[is] [the] abomination ofH8441יְהוָ֖הyahwehYahwehH3068כָּל־kol-everyH3605עֹ֣שֵׂהʾoseh[one who] doesH6213אֵ֑לֶּהʾeleh<of> these [things]H428וּבִגְלַל֙uviglaland on account ofH1558הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֣תhatoevotthe abominationsH8441הָאֵ֔לֶּהhaeleh<the> theseH428יְהוָ֣הyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָʾeloheikhaGod yourH430מוֹרִ֥ישׁmorish[is] about to dispossessH3423אוֹתָ֖םʾotam<obj.> themH853מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃mipaneikhafrom before youH6440

Rashi on Deuteronomy 18:12

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
כל אלה עשה [FOR] ALL THAT DO THESE THINGS [ARE AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD] — it does not say, “he who does all these things”, but “all who do these things” — who do even only one of them (Sifrei Devarim:1; cf. Makkot 24a).

Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

Deuteronomy 18:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

תָּמִ֣יםtamimblamelessH8549תִּֽהְיֶ֔הtihyehyou will beH1961עִ֖םʾimwithH5973יְהוָ֥הyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ סʾeloheikhaGod yourH430

Ramban on Deuteronomy 18:13

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
The meaning thereof is that we are to direct our hearts to Him only, and believe that He alone does everything. It is He Who knows the truth about all future events, and from His prophets, or from His pious ones, in other words the Urim and Thummim.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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