12:1 And these [are] the ordinances and the
judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which Yehovah Elohim of
your fathers gives you for an inheritance, all the days which ye live upon
the land.
12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places in which they served their
gods, whose [land] ye inherit, on the high mountains and on the hills, and
under the thick tree.
12:3 And ye shall destroy their altars, and break in pieces their pillars,
and ye shall cut down their groves, and ye shall burn with fire the graven
images of their gods, and ye shall abolish their name out of that place.
12:4 Ye shall not do so to Yehovah your Elohim.
12:5 But in the place which Yehovah thy Elohim shall choose in one of your
cities to name his name there, and to be called upon, ye shall even seek
[him] out and go thither.
12:6 And ye shall carry thither your whole-burnt-offerings, and your
sacrifices, and your first-fruits, and your vowed-offerings, and your
freewill-offerings, and your offerings of thanksgiving, the first-born of
your herds, and of your flocks.
12:7 And ye shall eat there before Yehovah your Elohim, and ye shall rejoice
in all the things on which ye shall lay your hand, ye and your houses, as
Yehovah your Elohim has blessed you.
12:8 Ye shall not do altogether as we do here to-day, every man that which
is pleasing in his own sight.
12:9 For hitherto ye have not arrived at the rest and the inheritance, which
Yehovah our Elohim gives you.
12:10 And ye shall go over Jordan, and shall dwell in the land, which the
Lord our Elohim takes as an inheritance for you; and he shall give you rest
from all your enemies round about, and ye shall dwell safely.
12:11 And there shall be a place which Yehovah thy Elohim shall choose for his
name to be called there, thither shall ye bring all things that I order you
to-day; your whole-burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes,
and the first-fruits of your hands, and every choice gift of yours,
whatsoever ye shall vow to Yehovah your Gd.
12:12 And ye shall rejoice before Yehovah your Elohim, ye and your sons, and
your daughters, and your men-servants and your maid-servants, and the Levite
that is at your gates; because he has no portion or inheritance with you.
12:13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy whole-burnt-offerings in
any place which thou shalt see;
12:14 save in the place which Yehovah thy Elohim shall choose, in one of thy
tribes, there shall ye offer your whole-burnt-offerings, and there shalt
thou do all things whatsoever I charge thee this day.
12:15 But thou shalt kill according to all thy desire, and shalt eat flesh
according to the blessing of Yehovah thy Elohim, which he has given thee in
every city; the unclean that is within thee and the clean shall eat it on
equal terms, as the doe or the stag.
12:16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it out on the ground as
water.
12:17 Thou shalt not be able to eat in thy cities the tithe of thy corn, and
of thy wine, and of thine oil, the first-born of thine herd and of thy
flock, and all [your] vows as many as ye shall have vowed, and your
thank-offerings, and the first-fruits of thine hands.
12:18 But before Yehovah thy Elohim thou shalt eat it, in the place which the
Lord thy Elohim shall choose for himself, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter,
thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the stranger that is within thy
gates; and thou shalt rejoice before Yehovah thy Elohim, on whatsoever thou
shalt lay thine hand.
12:19 Take heed to thyself that thou do not desert the Levite all the time
that thou livest upon the earth.
12:20 And if Yehovah thy Elohim shall enlarge thy borders, as he said to thee,
and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh; if thy soul should desire to eat
flesh, thou shalt eat flesh according to all the desire of thy soul.
12:21 And if the place be far from thee, which Yehovah thy Elohim shall choose
for himself, that his name be called upon it, then thou shalt kill of thy
herd and of thy flock which Elohim shall have given thee, even as I commanded
thee, and thou shall eat in thy cities according to the desire of thy soul.
12:22 As the doe and the stag are eaten, so shalt thou eat it; the unclean
in thee and the clean shall eat it in like manner.
12:23 Take diligent heed that thou eat no blood, for blood [is] the life of
it; the life shall not be eaten with the flesh.
12:24 Ye shall not eat [it]; ye shall pour it out on the ground as water.
12:25 Thou shalt not eat it, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons
after thee, if thou shalt do that which is good and pleasing before Yehovah
thy Elohim.
12:26 But thou shalt take thy holy things, if thou hast any, and thy
vowed-offerings, and come to the place which Yehovah thy Elohim shall choose
to have his name named upon it.
12:27 And thou shalt sacrifice thy whole-burnt-offerings, thou shalt offer
the flesh upon the altar of Yehovah thy Elohim; but the blood of thy
sacrifices thou shalt pour out at the foot of the altar of Yehovah thy Elohim,
but the flesh thou shalt eat.
12:28 Beware and hearken, and thou shalt do all the commands which I charge
thee, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons for ever, if thou
shalt do that which is pleasing and good before Yehovah thy Elohim.
12:29 And if Yehovah thy Elohim shall utterly destroy the nations, to whom
thou goest in thither to inherit their land, from before thee, and thou
shalt inherit it, and dwell in their land;
12:30 take heed to thyself that thou seek not to follow them after they are
destroyed before thee, saying, How do these nations act towards their gods?
I will do likewise.
12:31 Thou shalt not do so to thy Elohim; for they have sacrificed to their
gods the abominations of Yehovah which he hates, for they burn their sons
and their daughters in fire to their gods.
12:32 Every word that I command you this day, it shalt thou observe to do:
thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it. |
12:1 These are the statutes and judgments,
which ye shall observe to do in the land, which Yehovah Elohim of thy fathers
giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
12:2 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:
12:3 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.
12:4 Ye shall not do so unto Yehovah your Elohim.
12:5 But unto the place which Yehovah your Elohim shall choose out of all your
tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and
thither thou shalt come:
12:6 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:
12:7 And there ye shall eat before Yehovah your Elohim, and ye shall rejoice
in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Yehovah
thy Elohim hath blessed thee.
12:8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every
man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
12:9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which
Yehovah your Elohim giveth you.
12:10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yehovah your
Elohim giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies
round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
12:11 Then there shall be a place which Yehovah your Elohim 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 Yehovah:
12:12 And ye shall rejoice before Yehovah your Elohim, 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.
12:13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every
place that thou seest:
12:14 But in the place which Yehovah shall choose in one of thy tribes,
there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that
I command thee.
12:15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates,
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of Yehovah thy
Elohim which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as
of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
12:16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as
water.
12:17 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:
12:18 But thou must eat them before Yehovah thy Elohim in the place which the
Yehovah thy Elohim 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 Yehovah thy Elohim in all that thou puttest
thine hands unto.
12:19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou
livest upon the earth.
12:20 When Yehovah thy Elohim 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.
12:21 If the place which Yehovah thy Elohim hath chosen to put his name there
be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock,
which Yehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat
in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
12:22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the
unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
12:23 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.
12:24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
12:25 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
Yehovah.
12:26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take,
and go unto the place which Yehovah shall choose:
12:27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood,
upon the altar of Yehovah thy Elohim: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be
poured out upon the altar of Yehovah thy Elohim, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
12:28 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 Yehovah thy Elohim.
12:29 When Yehovah thy Elohim shall cut off the nations from before thee,
whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest
in their land;
12:30 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.
12:31 Thou shalt not do so unto Yehovah thy Elohim: for every abomination to
Yehovah, 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.
12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add
thereto, nor diminish from it. |