Deuteronomy 12 (kjv)

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These are the statutesH2706 and judgmentsH4941, which ye shall observeH8104 to doH6213 in the landH776, which the LORDH3068 GodH430 of thy fathersH1 givethH5414 thee to possessH3423 it, all the daysH3117 that ye liveH2416 upon the earthH127.2Ye shall utterlyH6 destroyH6 all the placesH4725, wherein the nationsH1471 whichH834 ye shall possessH3423 servedH5647 their godsH430, upon the highH7311 mountainsH2022, and upon the hillsH1389, and under every greenH7488 treeH6086:3And ye shall overthrowH5422 their altarsH4196, and breakH7665 their pillarsH4676, and burnH8313 their grovesH842 with fireH784; and ye shall hew downH1438 the graven imagesH6456 of their godsH430, and destroyH6 the namesH8034 of them out of that placeH4725.

4Ye shall not do soH6213 unto the LORDH3068 your GodH430.5But unto the placeH4725 which the LORDH3068 your GodH430 shall chooseH977 out of all your tribesH7626 to putH7760 his nameH8034 there, even unto his habitationH7933 shall ye seekH1875, and thither thou shalt comeH935:6And thither ye shall bringH935 your burnt offeringsH5930, and your sacrificesH2077, and your tithesH4643, and heave offeringsH8641 of your handH3027, and your vowsH5088, and your freewill offeringsH5071, and the firstlingsH1062 of your herdsH1241 and of your flocksH6629:7And there ye shall eatH398 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 your GodH430, and ye shall rejoiceH8055 in all that ye putH4916 your handH3027 unto, ye and your householdsH1004, wherein the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 hath blessedH1288 thee.8Ye shall not doH6213 after all the things that we doH6213 here this dayH3117, every manH376 whatsoever is rightH3477 in his own eyesH5869.9For ye are not as yet comeH935 to the restH4496 and to the inheritanceH5159, which the LORDH3068 your GodH430 givethH5414 you.10But when ye go overH5674 JordanH3383, and dwellH3427 in the landH776 which the LORDH3068 your GodH430 giveth you to inheritH5157, and when he giveth you restH5117 from all your enemiesH341 round aboutH5439, so that ye dwellH3427 in safetyH983;11Then there shall be a placeH4725 which the LORDH3068 your GodH430 shall chooseH977 to cause his nameH8034 to dwellH7931 there; thither shall ye bringH935 all that I commandH6680 you; your burnt offeringsH5930, and your sacrificesH2077, your tithesH4643, and the heave offeringH8641 of your handH3027, and all your choiceH4005 vowsH5088 which ye vowH5087 unto the LORDH3068:12And ye shall rejoiceH8055 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 your GodH430, ye, and your sonsH1121, and your daughtersH1323, and your menservantsH5650, and your maidservantsH519, and the LeviteH3881 that is within your gatesH8179; forasmuchH3588 as he hath no partH2506 nor inheritanceH5159 with you.13Take heedH8104 to thyself that thou offerH5927 not thy burnt offeringsH5930 in every placeH4725 that thou seestH7200:14But in the placeH4725 which the LORDH3068 shall chooseH977 in oneH259 of thy tribesH7626, there thou shalt offerH5927 thy burnt offeringsH5930, and there thou shalt doH6213 all that I commandH6680 thee.

15Notwithstanding thou mayest killH2076 and eatH398 fleshH1320 in all thy gatesH8179, whatsoever thy soulH5315 lusteth afterH185, according to the blessingH1293 of the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 which he hath givenH5414 thee: the uncleanH2931 and the cleanH2889 may eatH398 thereof, as of the roebuckH6643, and as of the hartH354.16Only ye shall not eatH398 the bloodH1818; ye shall pourH8210 it upon the earthH776 as waterH4325.

17Thou mayestH3201 not eatH398 within thy gatesH8179 the titheH4643 of thy cornH1715, or of thy wineH8492, or of thy oilH3323, or the firstlingsH1062 of thy herdsH1241 or of thy flockH6629, nor any of thy vowsH5088 which thou vowestH5087, nor thy freewill offeringsH5071, or heave offeringH8641 of thine handH3027:18But thou must eatH398 them beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 in the placeH4725 which the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 shall chooseH977, thou, and thy sonH1121, and thy daughterH1323, and thy manservantH5650, and thy maidservantH519, and the LeviteH3881 that is within thy gatesH8179: and thou shalt rejoiceH8055 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 in all that thou puttestH4916 thine handsH3027 unto.

19Take heedH8104 to thyself that thou forsakeH5800 not the LeviteH3881 as long as thou livestH3117 upon the earthH127.

20When the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 shall enlargeH7337 thy borderH1366, as he hath promisedH1696 thee, and thou shalt sayH559, I will eatH398 fleshH1320, because thy soulH5315 longethH183 to eatH398 fleshH1320; thou mayest eatH398 fleshH1320, whatsoever thy soulH5315 lusteth afterH185.21If the placeH4725 which the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 hath chosenH977 to putH7760 his nameH8034 there be too farH7368 from thee, then thou shalt killH2076 of thy herdH1241 and of thy flockH6629, which the LORDH3068 hath givenH5414 thee, as I have commandedH6680 thee, and thou shalt eatH398 in thy gatesH8179 whatsoever thy soulH5315 lusteth afterH185.22Even as the roebuckH6643 and the hartH354 is eatenH398, so thou shalt eatH398 them: the uncleanH2931 and the cleanH2889 shall eatH398 of them alikeH3162.23Only be sureH2388 that thou eatH398 not the bloodH1818: for the bloodH1818 is the lifeH5315; and thou mayest not eatH398 the lifeH5315 with the fleshH1320.24Thou shalt not eatH398 it; thou shalt pourH8210 it upon the earthH776 as waterH4325.25Thou shalt not eatH398 it; that it may go wellH3190 with thee, and with thy childrenH1121 afterH310 thee, when thou shalt doH6213 that which is rightH3477 in the sightH5869 of the LORDH3068.

26Only thy holy thingsH6944 which thou hast, and thy vowsH5088, thou shalt takeH5375, and goH935 unto the placeH4725 which the LORDH3068 shall chooseH977:27And thou shalt offerH6213 thy burnt offeringsH5930, the fleshH1320 and the bloodH1818, upon the altarH4196 of the LORDH3068 thy GodH430: and the bloodH1818 of thy sacrificesH2077 shall be poured outH8210 upon the altarH4196 of the LORDH3068 thy GodH430, and thou shalt eatH398 the fleshH1320.28ObserveH8104 and hearH8085 all these wordsH1697 which I commandH6680 thee, that it may go wellH3190 with thee, and with thy childrenH1121 afterH310 thee forH5704 everH5769, when thou doestH6213 that which is goodH2896 and rightH3477 in the sightH5869 of the LORDH3068 thy GodH430.

29When the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 shall cut offH3772 the nationsH1471 from beforeH6440 thee, whither thou goestH935 to possessH3423 them, and thou succeedestH3423 them, and dwellestH3427 in their landH776;30Take heedH8104 to thyself that thou be not snaredH5367 by followingH310 them, afterH310 that they be destroyedH8045 from beforeH6440 thee; and that thou enquireH1875 not after their godsH430, sayingH559, How did these nationsH1471 serveH5647 their godsH430? even so will I doH6213 likewiseH1571.31Thou shalt not doH6213 so unto the LORDH3068 thy GodH430: for every abominationH8441 to the LORDH3068, which he hatethH8130, have they doneH6213 unto their godsH430; for even their sonsH1121 and their daughtersH1323 they have burntH8313 in the fireH784 to their godsH430.32What thingH1697 soever I commandH6680 you, observeH8104 to doH6213 it: thou shalt not addH3254 thereto, nor diminishH1639 from it.