Deuteronomy · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Deuteronomy 18 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Los sacerdotes levitas, es decir, toda la tribu de Leví, no tendrán parte ni herencia con Israel. Su alimento y su herencia serán las ofrendas presentadas por fuego al Señor.
1 The priests and 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 portion.
2 No tendrán herencia entre sus hermanos. El Señor es su herencia, como les ha dicho.
2 They shall have no inheritance among their brothers. Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
3 Este será el derecho de los sacerdotes: cuando alguien ofrezca una oveja o un buey, dará al sacerdote la parte superior de la pierna, las dos mejillas y el estómago.
3 This 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, the two cheeks, and the inner parts.
4 También le darás lo primero de tu grano, de tu vino y de tu aceite, y la primera lana que cortes de tus ovejas.
4 You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep.
5 Porque el Señor tu Dios lo ha escogido, a él y a sus hijos después de él, de entre todas tus tribus para servir como sacerdotes en el nombre del Señor para siempre.
5 For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in Yahweh’s name, him and his sons forever.
6 Si un levita desea de todo corazón ir desde cualquier ciudad de Israel donde viva al lugar que el Señor escoja,
6 If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel where he lives, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which Yahweh shall choose,
7 podrá servir allí como sacerdote en el nombre del Señor su Dios, junto con sus hermanos levitas que sirven delante del Señor.
7 then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh.
8 Recibirá la misma porción de alimento que ellos, además de lo que reciba por la venta de sus bienes.
8 They shall have like portions to eat, in addition to that which comes from the sale of his family possessions.
9 Cuando entren en la tierra que el Señor su Dios les está dando, no imiten las prácticas repugnantes de esas naciones.
9 When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations.
10 No permitan que haya entre ustedes nadie que haga pasar a su hijo o a su hija por el fuego, ni nadie que practique la adivinación, trate de predecir el futuro o practique hechicería.
10 There 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 tells fortunes, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
11 Tampoco permitan a nadie que practique encantamientos, consulte a espíritus, practique artes ocultas o busque instrucciones de los muertos.
11 or a charmer, or someone who consults with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 Todos los que hacen estas cosas son repugnantes para el Señor. Debido a estas prácticas repugnantes, el Señor su Dios expulsará a esas naciones delante de ustedes.
12 For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh. Because of these abominations, Yahweh your God drives them out from before you.
13 Sean sinceros de corazón delante del Señor su Dios.
13 You shall be blameless with Yahweh your God.
14 Las naciones cuya tierra ustedes van a tomar escuchan a los que leen señales y practican artes mágicas, pero el Señor su Dios no les permite hacer esas cosas.
14 For 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.
15 El Señor tu Dios levantará para ustedes un profeta de entre su propio pueblo, como yo. Escúchenlo.
15 Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
16 Esto responde a lo que ustedes pidieron al Señor su Dios en Horeb, el día de la gran reunión, cuando dijeron: «No queremos volver a oír la voz del Señor nuestro Dios ni ver este gran fuego, porque moriremos».
16 This 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 Yahweh my God’s voice, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die.”
17 Entonces el Señor me dijo: «Lo que han dicho está bien.
17 Yahweh said to me, “They have well said that which they have spoken.
18 Levantaré para ellos un profeta de entre su propio pueblo, como tú. Pondré mis palabras en su boca, y él les dirá todo lo que yo le ordene.
18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
19 A cualquiera que no escuche mis palabras, las que él diga en mi nombre, yo le pediré cuentas.
19 It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
20 Pero el profeta que se atreva a decir en mi nombre algo que yo no le haya ordenado decir, o que hable en nombre de otros dioses, debe morir».
20 But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.”
21 Tal vez ustedes se pregunten: «¿Cómo podemos saber si una palabra no viene del Señor?».
21 You may say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?”
22 Si un profeta habla en el nombre del Señor y lo que anuncia no sucede ni se cumple, esa palabra no viene del Señor. El profeta habló por orgullo, y ustedes no deben tenerle miedo.
22 When a prophet speaks in Yahweh’s name, 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.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Numbers 18:8–9; Deuteronomy 10:9; 1 Corinthians 9:13–14; Deuteronomy 12:19; Joshua 13:14
- 2 Isaiah 61:6; Lamentations 3:24; Psalm 73:24–26; Genesis 15:1; 1 Peter 2:9
- 3 Leviticus 7:30–34; Deuteronomy 12:27
- 4 Nehemiah 12:44–47; Exodus 23:19; Leviticus 23:17; Numbers 18:12–24; 2 Chronicles 31:4–10
- 5 Deuteronomy 10:8; Numbers 3:10; Exodus 28:1–14; Deuteronomy 17:12; Numbers 16:5
- 6 Numbers 35:2–3; Deuteronomy 12:5; 1 Timothy 3:1; Psalm 26:8; 1 Peter 5:2
- 7 2 Chronicles 31:2–4
- 8 Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 12:47; 2 Chronicles 31:4; Luke 10:7; Leviticus 7:14
- 9 Deuteronomy 12:29–31; Leviticus 18:26–27; Leviticus 18:30
- 10 Leviticus 19:31; Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 19:26; Deuteronomy 12:31; Acts 19:19
- 11 1 Samuel 28:11–14; Leviticus 19:31
- 12 Leviticus 18:24; Deuteronomy 9:4; Leviticus 18:27
- 13 Genesis 17:1; Matthew 5:48; Genesis 6:9; Philippians 3:12; Psalm 37:37
- 14 Acts 14:16; Genesis 20:6; Psalm 147:19–20; Deuteronomy 18:10
- 15 Acts 3:22–23; Acts 7:37; John 1:45; Deuteronomy 18:18–19; Hebrews 1:1–2
- 16 Exodus 20:19; Deuteronomy 9:10; Deuteronomy 5:23–28; Hebrews 12:19
- 17 Deuteronomy 5:28
- 18 John 8:28; John 12:49–50; Deuteronomy 18:15; John 4:25; John 17:8
- 19 Acts 3:22–23; Hebrews 2:3; Hebrews 12:25–26; Hebrews 10:26; Hebrews 3:7
- 20 Deuteronomy 13:1–5; Jeremiah 27:15; Jeremiah 23:31; Zechariah 13:3; Ezekiel 13:6
- 21 1 John 4:1–3; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; Revelation 2:2
- 22 Deuteronomy 18:20; 2 Kings 20:1; Jeremiah 28:1–17; Zechariah 1:5–6; Jonah 4:2
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)