Deuteronomy:12

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* These [are ] the statutes and judgments , which ye shall observe to do in the land , which the LORD God (note :)By which they are admonished to seek no other God .(:note ) of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it , all the days that ye live upon the earth . * Yee shall vtterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shal possesse , serued their gods vpon the hie mountaines and vpon the hilles , and vnder euery greene tree . * And ye shall overthrow their altars , and break their pillars , and burn their (note :)In which they sacrificed to their idols .(:note ) groves with fire ; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods , and destroy the names of them out of that place . * Ye shall (note :)You shall not serve the Lord with superstitions .(:note ) not do so unto the LORD your God . * But ye shal seeke the place which the Lord your God shall chose out of all your tribes , to put his Name there , and there to dwell , and thither thou shalt come , * And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings , and your sacrifices , and your tithes , and heave (note :)Meaning , the first fruits .(:note ) offerings of your hand , and your vows , and your freewill offerings , and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks : * And there ye shall eat (note :)Where his Ark shall be .(:note ) 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 . * Ye shall not do after all [the things ] that we do (note :)Not that they sacrificed after their fantasies , but that God would be served more purely in the land of Canaan .(:note ) here this day , every man whatsoever [is ] right in his own eyes . * For ye are not yet come to rest , and to the inheritance which the Lord thy God giueth thee . * 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 (note :)It was not enough to conquer unless God maintained them in rest under his protection .(:note ) rest from all your enemies round about , so that ye dwell in safety ; * When there shalbe a place which the Lord your God shall chose , to cause his name to dwell there , thither shall yee bring all that I commaund you : your burnt offrings , and your sacrifices , your tithes , and the offring of your hands , and all your speciall vowes which ye vowe vnto the Lord : * And ye shall reioyce before the Lord your God , yee , and your sonnes &amp ; your daughters , and your seruaunts , and your maidens , and the Leuite that is within your gates : for hee hath no part nor inheritance with you . * Take heede that thou offer not thy burnt offrings in euery place that thou seest : * But in the place which the LORD shall (note :)As was declared ever by the placing of the ark in Shiloh 243 years , or as some write more that 300 years , and in other places till the temple was built .(:note ) choose in one of thy tribes , there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings , and there thou shalt do all that I command thee . * Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates , whatsoever thy soul lusteth after , according to the (note :)As God has given you power and ability .(:note ) blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee : the unclean and the clean may eat thereof , Everyone may eat equally at home the beast appointed for sacrifice and the other . as of the roebuck , and as of the hart . * Onely ye shal not eat the blood , but powre it vpon the earth as water . * Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the (note :)Meaning , whatever was offered to the Lord , may not be eaten , except where he had appointed .(:note ) 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 : * But thou shalt eate it before the Lorde thy God , in the place which the Lorde thy God shall chuse , thou , &amp ; thy sonne , &amp ; thy daughter , &amp ; thy seruat , and thy maid , and the Leuite that is within thy gates : and thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God , in all that thou puttest thine hand to . * Beware , that thou forsake not the Leuite , as long as thou liuest vpon the earth . * When the Lorde thy God shall enlarge thy border , as hee hath promised thee , and thou shalt say , I wil eate flesh , (because thine heart longeth to eate flesh ) thou maiest eate flesh , whatsoeuer thine heart desireth . * If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his Name there , be farre from thee , then thou shalt kill of thy bullockes , and of thy sheepe which the Lorde hath giuen thee , as I haue commanded thee , and thou shalt eat in thy gates , whatsoeuer thine heart desireth . * Euen as the roe bucke , and the hart is eaten , so shalt thou eat them . both the vncleane and the cleane shall eate of them alike . * Only be sure that thou eat not the blood : for the blood (note :)Because the life of beasts is in their blood .(:note ) [is ] the life ; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh . * Therefore thou shalt not eat it , but powre it vpon the earth as water . * Thou shalt not eat it , that it may go wel with thee ; and with thy children after thee , when thou shalt doe that which is right in the sight of the Lord : * Only thy (note :)That which you will offer in sacrifice .(:note ) holy things which thou hast , and thy vows , thou shalt take , and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose : * And thou shalt make thy burnt offerings of the flesh , and of the blood vpon the altar of the Lorde thy God , and the blood of thine offerings shall bee powred vpon the altar of the Lorde thy God , and thou shalt eate the flesh . * Observe and hear all these words which I command thee , that it may go (note :)God by promise binds himself to do good to those who obey his word .(:note ) 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 . * When the Lorde thy God shall destroy the nations before thee , whither thou goest to possesse them , and thou shalt possesse them and dwell in their lande , * Take heed to thyself that thou be not (note :)By following their superstitions and idolatries , and thinking to serve me by it .(:note ) snared by following 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 . * 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 (note :)They held nothing too dear to offer to their idols .(:note ) burnt in the fire to their gods . * Therefore whatsoeuer I command you , take heede you doe it : thou shalt put nothing thereto , nor take ought therefrom .

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