“These are the statutes and judgments which ye shall observe to do in the land which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it all the days that ye live upon the earth.”
Deuteronomy 12
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1These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
“these are the statutes and judgments which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it all the days that ye live upon the earth.”
“These are the statutes and judgments which you shall observe to do in the land which the lord god of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it all the days that ye live upon the earth.”
2Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
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3Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
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4You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.
“Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God,”
“Ye shall not do so unto the lord your god”
“ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God,”
5Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
“but unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose, out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come,”
“but unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come.”
“but unto the place which the lord your god shall choose out of all the tribes to put his name there even out of his habitation shall ye seek and thither thou shalt come.”
6To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
“And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the first things of your herds, and your flocks.”
7There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
“ye shall eat before the Lord your God. And ye shall rejoice in all that you put your hand unto ye and your households wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.”
8You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.
“Ye shall not do, after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes,”
“ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.”
“shall not do after all of the things that we do here this day. Every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.”
“shall not do after all the things that we do here this day. Every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.”
9For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
“For ye are not yet as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you,”
“are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.”
“for you are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.”
10When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,
“But when ye go over Jordan and dwell in the land which the Lord your God giveth you to inherit and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about so that ye dwell in safety,”
11then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
“Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to call His name to dwell there. Thither shall you bring all that I command you. If you burn offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of…”
12And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
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13Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;
“Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou”
14you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you.
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15But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,
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16but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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17Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.
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18Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
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19and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
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20When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, "I want to eat meat," you may eat it whenever you want.
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21If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.
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22Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.
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23Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
“only be sure that you do not eat the blood for the blood is the life. You may not eat the life with the meat.”
“Only be sure that thou eat not the blood for the blood is the life and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.”
24You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
“You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.”
25Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
“You shall not eat it that it may go well with you and your children after you when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.”
26But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.
“only the holy things which thou hast and thy vows thou shall take and go on to the place which the Lord shall choose.”
27Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.
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28Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
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29When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,
“When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedeth them, and dwellest in their land,”
“When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land,”
30be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, "How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise."
“take heed to thyself, that thou be not snared by following them. After that they be destroyed from before thee. And that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? Even so will I do…”
“Take heed to thyself, that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee, and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? Even so will I do…”
31You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
“Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God, for every abomination to the Lord which he hateth have they done unto their gods. For even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.”
32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
“What thing soever I command you, observe to do it, that thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.”