| 1 These are the statutes and the ordinances which ye shall observe
to do in the land which Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to
possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. 2 Ye shall surely
destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served
their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every
green tree: 3 and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces
their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the
graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that
place. 4 Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God. 5 But unto the place
which Jehovah 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;
6 and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices,
and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your
freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock:
7 and there ye shall eat before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice in
all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Jehovah thy
God hath blessed thee. 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do
here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes; 9 for ye are
not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God
giveth thee. 10 But when ye go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land
which Jehovah your God causeth you to inherit, and he giveth you rest from
all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; 11 then it shall
come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause
his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your
burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of
your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto Jehovah. 12 And ye
shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters,
and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is within
your gates, forasmuch as he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.
13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every
place that thou seest; 14 but in the place which Jehovah shall choose in
one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou
shalt do all that I command thee.
15 Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates,
after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy
God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as
of the gazelle, and as of the hart. 16 Only ye shall not eat the blood;
thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. 17 Thou mayest not eat
within thy gates the tithe of thy grain, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil,
or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou
vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;
18 but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which
Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy
man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates:
and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy
hand unto. 19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as
long as thou livest in thy land.
20 When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised
thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat
flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul. 21 If the
place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to put his name there, be too far
from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which Jehovah
hath given thee, as I have commanded thee; and thou mayest eat within thy
gates, after all the desire of thy soul. 22 Even as the gazelle and as the
hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean may eat
thereof alike. 23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood
is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh. 24 Thou shalt
not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. 25 Thou shalt
not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee,
when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah. 26 Only thy
holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the
place which Jehovah shall choose: 27 and thou shalt offer thy
burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Jehovah thy God;
and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of Jehovah
thy God; and thou shalt eat the flesh. 28 Observe and hear all these words
which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children
after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the eyes
of Jehovah thy God.
29 When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee,
whither thou goest in to dispossess them, and thou dispossessest them, and
dwellest in their land; 30 take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared
to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou
inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods?
even so will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto Jehovah thy God:
for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their
gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to
their gods.
32 What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou
shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
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