¹ 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.

² Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

³ And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

⁴ Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

⁵ 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:

⁶ And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

⁷ And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD 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 the LORD your God giveth you.

¹⁰ 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;

¹¹ Then there shall be a place which the LORD 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 the LORD:

¹² And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part 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 the LORD 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 in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

¹⁶ Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

¹⁷ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

¹⁸ But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

¹⁹ Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

²⁰ When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

²¹ If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

²² Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

²³ 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.

²⁴ Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it 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 sight of the LORD.

²⁶ Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:

²⁷ And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD 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 sight of the LORD thy God.

²⁹ 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;

³⁰ 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 likewise.

³¹ 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.

³² What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

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¹ These are the statutes ^H2706 and judgments, ^H4941 which ye shall observe ^H8104 to do ^H6213 in the land, ^H776 which the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of thy fathers ^H1 giveth ^H5414 thee to possess ^H3423 it, all the days ^H3117 that ye live ^H2416 upon the earth. ^H127

² Ye shall utterly ^H6 destroy ^H6 all the places, ^H4725 wherein the nations ^H1471 which ^H834 ye shall possess ^H3423 served ^H5647 their gods, ^H430 upon the high ^H7311 mountains, ^H2022 and upon the hills, ^H1389 and under every green ^H7488 tree: ^H6086

³ And ye shall overthrow ^H5422 their altars, ^H4196 and break ^H7665 their pillars, ^H4676 and burn ^H8313 their groves ^H842 with fire; ^H784 and ye shall hew down ^H1438 the graven images ^H6456 of their gods, ^H430 and destroy ^H6 the names ^H8034 of them out of that place. ^H4725

⁴ Ye shall not do so ^H6213 unto the LORD ^H3068 your God. ^H430

⁵ But unto the place ^H4725 which the LORD ^H3068 your God ^H430 shall choose ^H977 out of all your tribes ^H7626 to put ^H7760 his name ^H8034 there, even unto his habitation ^H7933 shall ye seek, ^H1875 and thither thou shalt come: ^H935

⁶ And thither ye shall bring ^H935 your burnt offerings, ^H5930 and your sacrifices, ^H2077 and your tithes, ^H4643 and heave offerings ^H8641 of your hand, ^H3027 and your vows, ^H5088 and your freewill offerings, ^H5071 and the firstlings ^H1062 of your herds ^H1241 and of your flocks: ^H6629

⁷ And there ye shall eat ^H398 before ^H6440 the LORD ^H3068 your God, ^H430 and ye shall rejoice ^H8055 in all that ye put ^H4916 your hand ^H3027 unto, ye and your households, ^H1004 wherein the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 hath blessed ^H1288 thee.

⁸ Ye shall not do ^H6213 after all the things that we do ^H6213 here this day, ^H3117 every man ^H376 whatsoever is right ^H3477 in his own eyes. ^H5869

⁹ For ye are not as yet come ^H935 to the rest ^H4496 and to the inheritance, ^H5159 which the LORD ^H3068 your God ^H430 giveth ^H5414 you.

¹⁰ But when ye go over ^H5674 Jordan, ^H3383 and dwell ^H3427 in the land ^H776 which the LORD ^H3068 your God ^H430 giveth you to inherit, ^H5157 and when he giveth you rest ^H5117 from all your enemies ^H341 round about, ^H5439 so that ye dwell ^H3427 in safety; ^H983

¹¹ Then there shall be a place ^H4725 which the LORD ^H3068 your God ^H430 shall choose ^H977 to cause his name ^H8034 to dwell ^H7931 there; thither shall ye bring ^H935 all that I command ^H6680 you; your burnt offerings, ^H5930 and your sacrifices, ^H2077 your tithes, ^H4643 and the heave offering ^H8641 of your hand, ^H3027 and all your choice ^H4005 vows ^H5088 which ye vow ^H5087 unto the LORD: ^H3068

¹² And ye shall rejoice ^H8055 before ^H6440 the LORD ^H3068 your God, ^H430 ye, and your sons, ^H1121 and your daughters, ^H1323 and your menservants, ^H5650 and your maidservants, ^H519 and the Levite ^H3881 that is within your gates; ^H8179 forasmuch ^H3588 as he hath no part ^H2506 nor inheritance ^H5159 with you.

¹³ Take heed ^H8104 to thyself that thou offer ^H5927 not thy burnt offerings ^H5930 in every place ^H4725 that thou seest: ^H7200

¹⁴ But in the place ^H4725 which the LORD ^H3068 shall choose ^H977 in one ^H259 of thy tribes, ^H7626 there thou shalt offer ^H5927 thy burnt offerings, ^H5930 and there thou shalt do ^H6213 all that I command ^H6680 thee.

¹⁵ Notwithstanding thou mayest kill ^H2076 and eat ^H398 flesh ^H1320 in all thy gates, ^H8179 whatsoever thy soul ^H5315 lusteth after, ^H185 according to the blessing ^H1293 of the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 which he hath given ^H5414 thee: the unclean ^H2931 and the clean ^H2889 may eat ^H398 thereof, as of the roebuck, ^H6643 and as of the hart. ^H354

¹⁶ Only ye shall not eat ^H398 the blood; ^H1818 ye shall pour ^H8210 it upon the earth ^H776 as water. ^H4325

¹⁷ Thou mayest ^H3201 not eat ^H398 within thy gates ^H8179 the tithe ^H4643 of thy corn, ^H1715 or of thy wine, ^H8492 or of thy oil, ^H3323 or the firstlings ^H1062 of thy herds ^H1241 or of thy flock, ^H6629 nor any of thy vows ^H5088 which thou vowest, ^H5087 nor thy freewill offerings, ^H5071 or heave offering ^H8641 of thine hand: ^H3027

¹⁸ But thou must eat ^H398 them before ^H6440 the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 in the place ^H4725 which the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 shall choose, ^H977 thou, and thy son, ^H1121 and thy daughter, ^H1323 and thy manservant, ^H5650 and thy maidservant, ^H519 and the Levite ^H3881 that is within thy gates: ^H8179 and thou shalt rejoice ^H8055 before ^H6440 the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 in all that thou puttest ^H4916 thine hands ^H3027 unto.

¹⁹ Take heed ^H8104 to thyself that thou forsake ^H5800 not the Levite ^H3881 as long as thou livest ^H3117 upon the earth. ^H127

²⁰ When the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 shall enlarge ^H7337 thy border, ^H1366 as he hath promised ^H1696 thee, and thou shalt say, ^H559 I will eat ^H398 flesh, ^H1320 because thy soul ^H5315 longeth ^H183 to eat ^H398 flesh; ^H1320 thou mayest eat ^H398 flesh, ^H1320 whatsoever thy soul ^H5315 lusteth after. ^H185

²¹ If the place ^H4725 which the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 hath chosen ^H977 to put ^H7760 his name ^H8034 there be too far ^H7368 from thee, then thou shalt kill ^H2076 of thy herd ^H1241 and of thy flock, ^H6629 which the LORD ^H3068 hath given ^H5414 thee, as I have commanded ^H6680 thee, and thou shalt eat ^H398 in thy gates ^H8179 whatsoever thy soul ^H5315 lusteth after. ^H185

²² Even as the roebuck ^H6643 and the hart ^H354 is eaten, ^H398 so thou shalt eat ^H398 them: the unclean ^H2931 and the clean ^H2889 shall eat ^H398 of them alike. ^H3162

²³ Only be sure ^H2388 that thou eat ^H398 not the blood: ^H1818 for the blood ^H1818 is the life; ^H5315 and thou mayest not eat ^H398 the life ^H5315 with the flesh. ^H1320

²⁴ Thou shalt not eat ^H398 it; thou shalt pour ^H8210 it upon the earth ^H776 as water. ^H4325

²⁵ Thou shalt not eat ^H398 it; that it may go well ^H3190 with thee, and with thy children ^H1121 after ^H310 thee, when thou shalt do ^H6213 that which is right ^H3477 in the sight ^H5869 of the LORD. ^H3068

²⁶ Only thy holy things ^H6944 which thou hast, and thy vows, ^H5088 thou shalt take, ^H5375 and go ^H935 unto the place ^H4725 which the LORD ^H3068 shall choose: ^H977

²⁷ And thou shalt offer ^H6213 thy burnt offerings, ^H5930 the flesh ^H1320 and the blood, ^H1818 upon the altar ^H4196 of the LORD ^H3068 thy God: ^H430 and the blood ^H1818 of thy sacrifices ^H2077 shall be poured out ^H8210 upon the altar ^H4196 of the LORD ^H3068 thy God, ^H430 and thou shalt eat ^H398 the flesh. ^H1320

²⁸ Observe ^H8104 and hear ^H8085 all these words ^H1697 which I command ^H6680 thee, that it may go well ^H3190 with thee, and with thy children ^H1121 after ^H310 thee for ^H5704 ever, ^H5769 when thou doest ^H6213 that which is good ^H2896 and right ^H3477 in the sight ^H5869 of the LORD ^H3068 thy God. ^H430

²⁹ When the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 shall cut off ^H3772 the nations ^H1471 from before ^H6440 thee, whither thou goest ^H935 to possess ^H3423 them, and thou succeedest ^H3423 them, and dwellest ^H3427 in their land; ^H776

³⁰ Take heed ^H8104 to thyself that thou be not snared ^H5367 by following ^H310 them, after ^H310 that they be destroyed ^H8045 from before ^H6440 thee; and that thou enquire ^H1875 not after their gods, ^H430 saying, ^H559 How did these nations ^H1471 serve ^H5647 their gods? ^H430 even so will I do ^H6213 likewise. ^H1571

³¹ Thou shalt not do ^H6213 so unto the LORD ^H3068 thy God: ^H430 for every abomination ^H8441 to the LORD, ^H3068 which he hateth, ^H8130 have they done ^H6213 unto their gods; ^H430 for even their sons ^H1121 and their daughters ^H1323 they have burnt ^H8313 in the fire ^H784 to their gods. ^H430

³² What thing ^H1697 soever I command ^H6680 you, observe ^H8104 to do ^H6213 it: thou shalt not add ^H3254 thereto, nor diminish ^H1639 from it.

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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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¹ `These `are' the statutes and the judgments which ye observe to do in the land which Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath given to thee to possess it, all the days that ye are living on the ground:

² ye do utterly destroy all the places where the nations which ye are dispossessing served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the heights, and under every green tree;

³ and ye have broken down their altars, and shivered their standing pillars, and their shrines ye burn with fire, and graven images of their gods ye cut down, and have destroyed their name out of that place.

⁴ `Ye do not do so to Jehovah your God;

⁵ but unto the place which Jehovah your God doth choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His tabernacle ye seek, and thou hast entered thither,

⁶ and hast brought in thither your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock;

⁷ and ye have eaten there before Jehovah your God, and have rejoiced in every putting forth of your hand, ye and your households, with which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.

⁸ `Ye do not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, each anything that is right in his own eyes,

⁹ for ye have not come in hitherto unto the rest, and unto the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;

¹⁰ and ye have passed over the Jordan, and have dwelt in the land which Jehovah your God is causing you to inherit, and He hath given rest to you from all your enemies round about, and ye have dwelt confidently:

¹¹ `And it hath been, the place on which Jehovah your God doth fix to cause His name to tabernacle there, thither ye bring in all that which I am commanding you, your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all the choice of your vows which ye vow to Jehovah;

¹² and ye have rejoiced before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your handmaids, and the Levite who `is' within your gates, for he hath no part and inheritance with you.

¹³ `Take heed to thee, lest thou cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend in any place which thou seest,

¹⁴ except in the place which Jehovah doth choose in one of thy tribes, there thou dost cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend, and there thou dost do all that which I am commanding thee.

¹⁵ `Only, with all the desire of thy soul thou dost sacrifice, and hast eaten flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which He hath given to thee, in all thy gates; the unclean and the clean do eat it, as of the roe, and as of the hart.

¹⁶ `Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

¹⁷ thou art not able to eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, and of thy new wine, and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock, and any of thy vows which thou vowest, and thy free-will offerings, and heave-offering of thy hand;

¹⁸ but before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth fix on, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who `is' within thy gates, and thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God in every putting forth of thy hand;

¹⁹ take heed to thee lest thou forsake the Levite all thy days on thy ground.

²⁰ `When Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath spoken to thee, and thou hast said, Let me eat flesh -- for thy soul desireth to eat flesh -- of all the desire of thy soul thou dost eat flesh.

²¹ `When the place is far from thee which Jehovah thy God doth choose to put His name there, then thou hast sacrificed of thy herd and of thy flock which Jehovah hath given to thee, as I have commanded thee, and hast eaten within thy gates, of all the desire of thy soul;

²² only, as the roe and the hart is eaten, so dost thou eat it; the unclean and the clean doth alike eat it.

²³ `Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood `is' the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;

²⁴ thou dost not eat it, on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

²⁵ thou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah.

²⁶ `Only, thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou dost take up, and hast gone in unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,

²⁷ and thou hast made thy burnt-offerings -- the flesh and the blood -- on the altar of Jehovah thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices is poured out by the altar of Jehovah thy God, and the flesh thou dost eat.

²⁸ Observe, and thou hast obeyed all these words which I am commanding thee, in order that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee -- to the age, when thou dost that which `is' good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

²⁹ `When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations -- whither thou art going in to possess them -- from thy presence, and thou hast possessed them, and hast dwelt in their land --

³⁰ take heed to thee, lest thou be snared after them, after their being destroyed out of thy presence, and lest thou enquire about their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods, and I do so -- even I?

³¹ `Thou dost not do so to Jehovah thy God; for every abomination of Jehovah which He is hating they have done to their gods, for even their sons and their daughters they burn with fire to their gods.

³² The whole thing which I am commanding you -- it ye observe to do; thou dost not add unto it, nor diminish from it.

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¹ These are the statutes and ordinances, which ye shall take heed to do in the land, which Jehovah the God of thy fathers is giving thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

² Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall dispossess have 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 shatter their statues, and burn their Asherahs with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and ye shall destroy the names of them out of that place.

⁴ Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God;

⁵ but unto the place which Jehovah your God will choose out of all your tribes to set his name there, 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 voluntary-offerings, and the firstlings of your kine and of your sheep;

⁷ and ye shall eat there before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice, ye and your households, in all the business of your hand, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.

⁸ Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, each one whatever 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 have gone over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Jehovah your God causeth you to inherit, and when he hath given you rest from all your enemies round about, and ye dwell in safety,

¹¹ then there shall be a place which Jehovah your God will 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 shall vow to Jehovah.

¹² And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your bondmen, and your handmaids, and the Levite that is within your gates; for 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 will choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

¹⁵ Nevertheless, according to all the desire of thy soul thou mayest slay and eat flesh in all thy gates, 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 the hart.

¹⁶ Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

¹⁷ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy kine or of thy sheep, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy voluntary-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;

¹⁸ but before Jehovah thy God shalt thou eat them in the place which Jehovah thy God will choose, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all the business of thy hand.

¹⁹ Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite all the days thou shalt be in thy land.

²⁰ When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he promised thee, and thou say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh, thou mayest eat flesh, according to all the desire of thy soul.

²¹ If the place which Jehovah thy God will choose to set his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt slay of thy kine and of thy sheep which Jehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates according to all the desire of thy soul.

²² Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean alike may eat of them.

²³ 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;

²⁴ thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it 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 what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

²⁶ But thy hallowed things which thou hast, and what thou hast vowed, thou shalt take, and come to the place which Jehovah will 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 the flesh shalt thou eat.

²⁸ Take heed to hear all these words which I command thee, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest what is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

²⁹ When Jehovah thy God cutteth off from before thee the nations whither thou goest, to take possession of them, and thou hast dispossessed them, and dwellest in their land,

³⁰ take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared [to follow] after them, after that they are 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 likewise.

³¹ Thou shalt not do so to Jehovah thy God; for every [thing that is] abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters have they burned in the fire to their gods.

³² Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it.

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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 it, 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 and you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods; and 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, even to his habitation shall you seek, and there you shall come;

⁶ and there you 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 firstborn of your herd and of your flock:

⁷ and 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 after all the things that we do here this day, 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 round about, 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 shall you 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 you vow to Yahweh.

¹² You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

¹³ Take heed to yourself that you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;

¹⁴ but in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

¹⁵ Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.

¹⁶ Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as 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 freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of your hand;

¹⁸ but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your man-servant, and your maid-servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.

¹⁹ Take heed to yourself that you don't forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

²⁰ When Yahweh your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh, because your soul desires to eat flesh; you may eat flesh, after all the desire of your soul.

²¹ If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put his name there, be 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 hart 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; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

²⁴ You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.

²⁵ You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

²⁶ Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose:

²⁷ and you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of Yahweh your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of Yahweh your God; and you shall eat the flesh.

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 the eyes of Yahweh your God.

²⁹ When Yahweh your God shall cut off the nations from before you, where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them, and dwell in their land;

³⁰ take heed to yourself that you not be ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

³¹ You shall not do so to Yahweh your God: for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.

³² Whatever thing I command you, that shall you observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

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¹ These are the laws and the decisions which you are to keep with care in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to be your heritage all the days of your life on earth.

² You are to give up to the curse all those places where the nations, whom you are driving out, gave worship to their gods, on the high mountains and the hills and under every green tree:

³ Their altars and their pillars are to be broken down, and their holy trees burned with fire, and the images of their gods cut down; you are to take away their names out of that place.

⁴ Do not so to the Lord your God.

⁵ But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;

⁶ And there you are to take your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up to the Lord, and the offerings of your oaths, and those which you give freely from the impulse of your hearts, and the first births among your herds and your flocks;

⁷ There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.

⁸ You are not to do things then in the way in which we now do them here, every man as it seems right to him:

⁹ For you have not come to the rest and the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

¹⁰ But when you have gone over Jordan and are living in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as your heritage, and when he has given you rest from all those on every side who are fighting against you, and you are living there safely;

¹¹ Then there will be a place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name, and there you will take all the things which I give you orders to take: your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up, and the offerings of your oaths which you make to the Lord;

¹² And you will be glad before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, and your men-servants and your women-servants, and the Levite who is with you in your house, because he has no part or heritage among you.

¹³ Take care that you do not make your burned offerings in any place you see:

¹⁴ But in the place marked out by the Lord in one of your tribes, there let your burned offerings be offered, and there do what I have given you orders to do.

¹⁵ Only you may put to death animals, such as the gazelle or the roe, for your food in any of your towns, at the desire of your soul, in keeping with the blessing of the Lord your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may take of it.

¹⁶ But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.

¹⁷ In your towns you are not to take as food the tenth part of your grain, or of your wine or your oil, or the first births of your herds or of your flocks, or anything offered under an oath, or freely offered to the Lord, or given as a lifted offering;

¹⁸ But they will be your food before the Lord your God in the place of his selection, where you may make a feast of them, with your son and your daughter, and your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is living with you: and you will have joy before the Lord your God in everything to which you put your hand.

¹⁹ See that you do not give up caring for the Levite as long as you are living in your land.

²⁰ When the Lord your God makes wide the limit of your land, as he has said, and you say, I will take flesh for my food, because you have a desire for it; then you may take whatever flesh you have a desire for.

²¹ If the place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name is far away from you, then take from your herds and from your flocks which the Lord has given you, as I have said, and have a meal of it in the towns where you may be living.

²² It will be your food, like the gazelle and the roe; the unclean and the clean may take of it.

²³ But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.

²⁴ Do not take it for food but let it be drained out on the earth like water.

²⁵ Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

²⁶ But the holy things which you have, and the offerings of your oaths, you are to take to the place which will be marked out by the Lord:

²⁷ Offering the flesh and the blood of your burned offerings on the altar of the Lord your God; and the blood of your offerings is to be drained out on the altar of the Lord your God, and the flesh will be your food.

²⁸ Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

²⁹ When the people of the land where you are going have been cut off before you by the Lord your God, and you have taken their land and are living in it;

³⁰ After their destruction take care that you do not go in their ways, and that you do not give thought to their gods, saying, How did these nations give worship to their gods? I will do as they did.

³¹ Do not so to the Lord your God: for everything which is disgusting to the Lord and hated by him they have done in honour of their gods: even burning their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

³² You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.