Deuteronomy:12

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ylt @Deuteronomy:12:1 @'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 : ylt @Deuteronomy:12:2 @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 ; ylt @Deuteronomy:12:3 @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 . ylt @Deuteronomy:12:4 @'Ye do not do so to Jehovah your God ; ylt @Deuteronomy:12:5 @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 , ylt @Deuteronomy:12:6 @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 ; ylt @Deuteronomy:12:7 @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 . ylt @Deuteronomy:12:8 @'Ye do not do according to all that we are doing here to-day , each anything that is right in his own eyes , ylt @Deuteronomy:12:9 @for ye have not come in hitherto unto the rest , and unto the inheritance , which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee ; ylt @Deuteronomy:12:10 @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 : ylt @Deuteronomy:12:11 @'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 ; ylt @Deuteronomy:12:12 @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 . ylt @Deuteronomy:12:13 @'Take heed to thee , lest thou cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend in any place which thou seest , ylt @Deuteronomy:12:14 @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 . ylt @Deuteronomy:12:15 @'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 . ylt @Deuteronomy:12:16 @'Only , the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water ; ylt @Deuteronomy:12:17 @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 ; ylt @Deuteronomy:12:18 @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 ; ylt @Deuteronomy:12:19 @take heed to thee lest thou forsake the Levite all thy days on thy ground . ylt @Deuteronomy:12:20 @'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 . ylt @Deuteronomy:12:21 @'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 ; ylt @Deuteronomy:12:22 @only , as the roe and the hart is eaten , so dost thou eat it ; the unclean and the clean doth alike eat it . ylt @Deuteronomy:12:23 @'Only , be sure not to eat the blood , for the blood [is ] the life , and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh ; ylt @Deuteronomy:12:24 @thou dost not eat it , on the earth thou dost pour it as water ; ylt @Deuteronomy:12:25 @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 . ylt @Deuteronomy:12:26 @'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 , ylt @Deuteronomy:12:27 @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 . ylt @Deuteronomy:12:28 @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 . ylt @Deuteronomy:12:29 @'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 -- ylt @Deuteronomy:12:30 @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 ? ylt @Deuteronomy:12:31 @'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 . ylt @Deuteronomy:12:32 @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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