- Deuteronomy 18:6
וְכִי־יָבֹא הַלֵּוִי מֵאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ מִכׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר־הוּא גָּר שָׁם וּבָא בְּכׇל־אַוַּת נַפְשׁוֹ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהֹוָה׃
If a Levite would go, from any of the settlements throughout Israel where he has been residing, to the place that GOD has chosen, he may do so whenever he pleases.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲרֵי יֵיתֵי לֵיוָאָה מֵחֲדָא מִקִּרְוָךְ מִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל דְּהוּא דָּאַר תַּמָּן וְיֵיתֵי בְּכָל רְעוּת נַפְשֵׁיהּ לְאַתְרָא דְּיִתְרְעֵי יְיָ׃
If a Levite should come from one of your cities throughout Yisroel where he sojourns, coming will all his soul’s desire to the place that Adonoy chooses.
- Deuteronomy 18:7
וְשֵׁרֵת בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהָיו כְּכׇל־אֶחָיו הַלְוִיִּם הָעֹמְדִים שָׁם לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה׃
He may serve in the name of the ETERNAL his God like all his fellow Levites who are there in attendance before GOD.
Targum Onkelos
וִישַׁמֵּישׁ בִּשְׁמָא דַּייָ אֱלָהֵיהּ כְּכָל אֲחוֹהִי לֵיוָאֵי דִּמְשַׁמְּשִׁין תַּמָּן קֳדָם יְיָ׃
He shall perform the service in the name of Adonoy, his God, like all his brother Levites who stand [serve] there [(in prayer)] in Adonoy’s Presence.
- Deuteronomy 18:8
חֵלֶק כְּחֵלֶק יֹאכֵלוּ לְבַד מִמְכָּרָיו עַל־הָאָבוֹת׃
They shall receive equal shares of the dues, without regard to personal gifts or patrimonies.
Targum Onkelos
חוּלָק כְּחוּלָק יֵיכְלוּן בָּר מִמַּטַּרְתָּא דְּיָתַהּ שַׁבְּתָא דְּכֵין אַתְקִינוּ אֲבָהָתָא׃
They shall eat equal portions [portion for portions], except for what the families sold [to one another] [exept for the allotment which come on Shabbos, as our (fore)fathers have regulated].
- Deuteronomy 18:9
כִּי אַתָּה בָּא אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ לֹא־תִלְמַד לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּתוֹעֲבֹת הַגּוֹיִם הָהֵם׃
When you enter the land that the ETERNAL your God is giving you, you shall not learn to imitate the abhorrent practices of those nations.
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי אַתְּ עָלֵיל לְאַרְעָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵיב לָךְ לָא תֵילַף לְמֶעֱבַד כְּתוֹעֲבָת עַמְמַיָּא הָאִנּוּן׃
Because you are entering the land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you; do not learn to perpetrate the abominations of those nations.
- Deuteronomy 18:10
לֹא־יִמָּצֵא בְךָ מַעֲבִיר בְּנוֹ־וּבִתּוֹ בָּאֵשׁ קֹסֵם קְסָמִים מְעוֹנֵן וּמְנַחֵשׁ וּמְכַשֵּׁף׃
Let no one be found among you who consigns a son or daughter to the fire, or who is an augur, a soothsayer, a diviner, a sorcerer,
Targum Onkelos
לָא יִשְׁתְּכַח בָּךְ מַעְבַּר בְּרֵיהּ וּבְרַתֵּיהּ בְּנוּרָא קָסֵים קִסְמִין מְעָנֵין וּמְנַחֵישׁ וְחָרַשׁ׃
Let there not exist among you anyone who passes his son or daughter through fire, who practices the kosem-occult; who practices time-frame-occult or who divines portentuous events or a sorcerer.
- Deuteronomy 18:11
וְחֹבֵר חָבֶר וְשֹׁאֵל אוֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִי וְדֹרֵשׁ אֶל־הַמֵּתִים׃
one who casts spells, or one who consults ghosts or familiar spirits, or one who inquires of the dead.
Targum Onkelos
וְרָטֵין רְטַן וְשָׁאֵיל בְּבִדִּין וּבִזְכוּרוּ וְתָבַע מִן מִיתַיָּא׃
Or a snake charmer, or one who invokes the spirit of Ov or yidoni, or communicates with the dead.
- Deuteronomy 18:12
כִּי־תוֹעֲבַת יְהֹוָה כׇּל־עֹשֵׂה אֵלֶּה וּבִגְלַל הַתּוֹעֵבֹת הָאֵלֶּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מוֹרִישׁ אוֹתָם מִפָּנֶיךָ׃
For anyone who does such things is abhorrent to GOD, and it is because of these abhorrent things that the ETERNAL your God is dispossessing them before you.
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי מְרַחַק קֳדָם יְיָ כָּל עָבֵיד אִלֵּין וּבְדִיל תּוֹעֵיבָתָא הָאִלֵּין יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ מְתָרֵיךְ יָתְהוֹן מִן קֳדָמָךְ׃
For Adonoy’s abomination is [distances] anyone perpetrating this and because of these abominations, Adonoy, your God, is expelling them from before you.
- Deuteronomy 18:13
תָּמִים תִּהְיֶה עִם יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃
You must be wholehearted with the ETERNAL your God.
Targum Onkelos
שְׁלִים תְּהֵי בְּדַחְלְתָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ׃
Walk in perfect trust with [in the fear of] Adonoy, your God.