Deuteronomy 12 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days that you live on the earth. ^[2] You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree. ^[3] You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place. ^[4] You shall not do so to Yahweh your God. ^[5] But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there. ^[6] You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock there. ^[7] There you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you. ^[8] You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes; ^[9] for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Yahweh your God gives you. ^[10] But when you go over the Jordan and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety, ^[11] then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh. ^[12] You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you. ^[13] Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; ^[14] but in the place which Yahweh chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you. ^[15] Yet you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer. ^[16] Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water. ^[17] You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your free will offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand; ^[18] but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to. ^[19] Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land. ^[20] When Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul. ^[21] If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to put his name is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul. ^[22] Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may eat of it alike. ^[23] Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat. ^[24] You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water. ^[25] You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do that which is right in Yahweh’s eyes. ^[26] Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose. ^[27] You shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on Yahweh your God’s altar. The blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on Yahweh your God’s altar, and you shall eat the meat. ^[28] Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in Yahweh your God’s eyes. ^[29] When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations from before you where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, ^[30] be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them after they are destroyed from before you, and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.” ^[31] You shall not do so to Yahweh your God; for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, they have done to their gods; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods. ^[32] Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.

King James Version

^[1] These [are] the statutesH2706 and judgments,H4941 which ye shall observeH8104(QalImpf) to doH6213(QalInf) in the land,H776 which the LordH3068 GodH430 of thy fathersH1 givethH5414(QalPerf) thee to possessH3423(QalInf) it, all the daysH3117 that ye liveH2416 upon the earth.H127 ^[2] Ye shall utterlyH6(PielInf) destroyH6(PielImpf) all the places,H4725 wherein the nationsH1471 whichH834 ye shall possessH3423(QalActPtc) servedH5647(QalPerf) their gods,H430 upon the highH7311(QalActPtc) mountains,H2022 and upon the hills,H1389 and under every greenH7488 tree:H6086 ^[3] And ye shall overthrowH5422(PielPerf) their altars,H4196 and breakH7665(PielPerf) their pillars,H4676 and burnH8313(QalImpf) their grovesH842 with fire;H784 and ye shall hew downH1438(PielImpf) the graven imagesH6456 of their gods,H430 and destroyH6(PielPerf) the namesH8034 of them out of that place.H4725 ^[4] Ye shall not do soH6213(QalImpf) unto the LordH3068 your God.H430 ^[5] But unto the placeH4725 which the LordH3068 your GodH430 shall chooseH977(QalImpf) out of all your tribesH7626 to putH7760(QalInf) his nameH8034 there, [even] unto his habitationH7933 shall ye seek,H1875(QalImpf) and thither thou shalt come:H935(QalPerf) ^[6] And thither ye shall bringH935(HiphPerf) your burnt offerings,H5930 and your sacrifices,H2077 and your tithes,H4643 and heave offeringsH8641 of your hand,H3027 and your vows,H5088 and your freewill offerings,H5071 and the firstlingsH1062 of your herdsH1241 and of your flocks:H6629 ^[7] And there ye shall eatH398(QalPerf) beforeH6440 the LordH3068 your God,H430 and ye shall rejoiceH8055(QalPerf) in all that ye putH4916 your handH3027 unto, ye and your households,H1004 wherein the LordH3068 thy GodH430 hath blessedH1288(PielPerf) thee. ^[8] Ye shall not doH6213(QalImpf) after all [the things] that we doH6213(QalActPtc) here this day,H3117 every manH376 whatsoever [is] rightH3477 in his own eyes.H5869 ^[9] For ye are not as yet comeH935(QalPerf) to the restH4496 and to the inheritance,H5159 which the LordH3068 your GodH430 givethH5414(QalActPtc) you. ^[10] But [when] ye go overH5674(QalPerf) Jordan,H3383 and dwellH3427(QalPerf) in the landH776 which the LordH3068 your GodH430 giveth you to inherit,H5157(HiphPtc) and [when] he giveth you restH5117(HiphPerf) from all your enemiesH341(QalActPtc) round about,H5439 so that ye dwellH3427(QalPerf) in safety;H983 ^[11] Then there shall be a placeH4725 which the LordH3068 your GodH430 shall chooseH977(QalImpf) to cause his nameH8034 to dwellH7931(PielInf) there; thither shall ye bringH935(HiphImpf) all that I commandH6680(PielPtc) you; your burnt offerings,H5930 and your sacrifices,H2077 your tithes,H4643 and the heave offeringH8641 of your hand,H3027 and all your choiceH4005 vowsH5088 which ye vowH5087(QalImpf) unto the Lord:H3068 ^[12] And ye shall rejoiceH8055(QalPerf) beforeH6440 the LordH3068 your God,H430 ye, and your sons,H1121 and your daughters,H1323 and your menservants,H5650 and your maidservants,H519 and the LeviteH3881 that [is] within your gates;H8179 forasmuchH3588 as he hath no partH2506 nor inheritanceH5159 with you. ^[13] Take heedH8104(NiphImpv) to thyself that thou offerH5927(HiphImpf) not thy burnt offeringsH5930 in every placeH4725 that thou seest:H7200(QalImpf) ^[14] But in the placeH4725 which the LordH3068 shall chooseH977(QalImpf) in oneH259 of thy tribes,H7626 there thou shalt offerH5927(HiphImpf) thy burnt offerings,H5930 and there thou shalt doH6213(QalImpf) all that I commandH6680(PielPtc) thee. ^[15] Notwithstanding thou mayest killH2076(QalImpf) and eatH398(QalPerf) fleshH1320 in all thy gates,H8179 whatsoever thy soulH5315 lusteth after,H185 according to the blessingH1293 of the LordH3068 thy GodH430 which he hath givenH5414(QalPerf) thee: the uncleanH2931 and the cleanH2889 may eatH398(QalImpf) thereof, as of the roebuck,H6643 and as of the hart.H354 ^[16] Only ye shall not eatH398(QalImpf) the blood;H1818 ye shall pourH8210(QalImpf) it upon the earthH776 as water.H4325 ^[17] Thou mayestH3201(QalImpf) not eatH398(QalInf) within thy gatesH8179 the titheH4643 of thy corn,H1715 or of thy wine,H8492 or of thy oil,H3323 or the firstlingsH1062 of thy herdsH1241 or of thy flock,H6629 nor any of thy vowsH5088 which thou vowest,H5087(QalImpf) nor thy freewill offerings,H5071 or heave offeringH8641 of thine hand:H3027 ^[18] But thou must eatH398(QalImpf) them beforeH6440 the LordH3068 thy GodH430 in the placeH4725 which the LordH3068 thy GodH430 shall choose,H977(QalImpf) thou, and thy son,H1121 and thy daughter,H1323 and thy manservant,H5650 and thy maidservant,H519 and the LeviteH3881 that [is] within thy gates:H8179 and thou shalt rejoiceH8055(QalPerf) beforeH6440 the LordH3068 thy GodH430 in all that thou puttestH4916 thine handsH3027 unto. ^[19] Take heedH8104(NiphImpv) to thyself that thou forsakeH5800(QalImpf) not the LeviteH3881 as long as thou livestH3117 upon the earth.H127 ^[20] When the LordH3068 thy GodH430 shall enlargeH7337(HiphImpf) thy border,H1366 as he hath promisedH1696(PielPerf) thee, and thou shalt say,H559(QalPerf) I will eatH398(QalImpf) flesh,H1320 because thy soulH5315 longethH183(PielImpf) to eatH398(QalInf) flesh;H1320 thou mayest eatH398(QalImpf) flesh,H1320 whatsoever thy soulH5315 lusteth after.H185 ^[21] If the placeH4725 which the LordH3068 thy GodH430 hath chosenH977(QalImpf) to putH7760(QalInf) his nameH8034 there be too farH7368(QalImpf) from thee, then thou shalt killH2076(QalPerf) of thy herdH1241 and of thy flock,H6629 which the LordH3068 hath givenH5414(QalPerf) thee, as I have commandedH6680(PielPerf) thee, and thou shalt eatH398(QalPerf) in thy gatesH8179 whatsoever thy soulH5315 lusteth after.H185 ^[22] Even as the roebuckH6643 and the hartH354 is eaten,H398(NiphImpf) so thou shalt eatH398(QalImpf) them: the uncleanH2931 and the cleanH2889 shall eatH398(QalImpf) [of] them alike.H3162 ^[23] Only be sureH2388(QalImpv) that thou eatH398(QalInf) not the blood:H1818 for the bloodH1818 [is] the life;H5315 and thou mayest not eatH398(QalImpf) the lifeH5315 with the flesh.H1320 ^[24] Thou shalt not eatH398(QalImpf) it; thou shalt pourH8210(QalImpf) it upon the earthH776 as water.H4325 ^[25] Thou shalt not eatH398(QalImpf) it; that it may go wellH3190(QalImpf) with thee, and with thy childrenH1121 afterH310 thee, when thou shalt doH6213(QalImpf) [that which is] rightH3477 in the sightH5869 of the Lord.H3068 ^[26] Only thy holy thingsH6944 which thou hast, and thy vows,H5088 thou shalt take,H5375(QalImpf) and goH935(QalPerf) unto the placeH4725 which the LordH3068 shall choose:H977(QalImpf) ^[27] And thou shalt offerH6213(QalPerf) thy burnt offerings,H5930 the fleshH1320 and the blood,H1818 upon the altarH4196 of the LordH3068 thy God:H430 and the bloodH1818 of thy sacrificesH2077 shall be poured outH8210(NiphImpf) upon the altarH4196 of the LordH3068 thy God,H430 and thou shalt eatH398(QalImpf) the flesh.H1320 ^[28] ObserveH8104(QalImpv) and hearH8085(QalPerf) all these wordsH1697 which I commandH6680(PielPtc) thee, that it may go wellH3190(QalImpf) with thee, and with thy childrenH1121 afterH310 thee forH5704 ever,H5769 when thou doestH6213(QalImpf) [that which is] goodH2896 and rightH3477 in the sightH5869 of the LordH3068 thy God.H430 ^[29] When the LordH3068 thy GodH430 shall cut offH3772(HiphImpf) the nationsH1471 from beforeH6440 thee, whither thou goestH935(QalActPtc) to possessH3423(QalInf) them, and thou succeedestH3423(QalPerf) them, and dwellestH3427(QalPerf) in their land;H776 ^[30] Take heedH8104(NiphImpv) to thyself that thou be not snaredH5367(NiphImpf) by followingH310 them, afterH310 that they be destroyedH8045(NiphInf) from beforeH6440 thee; and that thou enquireH1875(QalImpf) not after their gods,H430 saying,H559(QalInf) How did these nationsH1471 serveH5647(QalImpf) their gods?H430 even so will I doH6213(QalImpf) likewise.H1571 ^[31] Thou shalt not doH6213(QalImpf) so unto the LordH3068 thy God:H430 for every abominationH8441 to the Lord,H3068 which he hateth,H8130(QalPerf) have they doneH6213(QalPerf) unto their gods;H430 for even their sonsH1121 and their daughtersH1323 they have burntH8313(QalImpf) in the fireH784 to their gods.H430 ^[32] What thingH1697 soever I commandH6680(PielPtc) you, observeH8104(QalImpf) to doH6213(QalInf) it: thou shalt not addH3254(HiphImpf) thereto, nor diminishH1639(QalImpf) from it.

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