strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:1
@ 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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy: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
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy: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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:4
@ Ye shall not do
so
unto the
LORD
your
God
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:5
@ 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
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy: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
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:7
@ 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.
strkjv@Deuteronomy: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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:9
@ For ye are not as yet
come
to the
rest
and to the
inheritance
, which the
LORD
your
God
giveth
you.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:10
@ 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
;
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:11
@ 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
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:12
@ 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.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:13
@ Take
heed
to thyself that thou
offer
not thy burnt
offerings
in every
place
that thou
seest
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:14
@ 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.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:15
@ 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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:16
@ Only ye shall not
eat
the
blood
; ye shall
pour
it upon the
earth
as
water
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy: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
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:18
@ 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.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:19
@ Take
heed
to thyself that thou
forsake
not the
Levite
as long as thou
livest
upon the
earth
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:20
@ 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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:21
@ 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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy: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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy: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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:24
@ Thou shalt not
eat
it; thou shalt
pour
it upon the
earth
as
water
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy: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 the
LORD
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:26
@ Only thy holy
things
which thou hast, and thy
vows
, thou shalt
take
, and
go
unto the
place
which the
LORD
shall
choose
:
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:27
@ 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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy: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 the
LORD
thy
God
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:29
@ 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
;
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:30
@ Take
heed
to thyself that thou be not
snared
by
followng
them,
after
that they be
destroyed
from
before
thee; and that thou
enquire
not after their
gods
,
saying
, How did these
nations
serve
their
gods
? even so will I
do
likewise
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:31
@ 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
.
strkjv@Deuteronomy:12:32
@ What
thing
soever I
command
you,
observe
to
do
it: thou shalt not
add
thereto, nor
diminish
from it.
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