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 of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it ,
all the days that ye live upon the earth .
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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 :
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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 .
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Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God .
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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 :
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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 :
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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 .
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Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day ,
every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes .
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For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance ,
which the LORD your God giveth you .
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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 ;
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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 :
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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 .
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Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest :
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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 .
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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 .
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Only ye shall not eat the blood ;
ye shall pour it upon the earth as water .
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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 :
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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 .
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Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth .
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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 .
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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 .
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Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten ,
so thou shalt eat them :
the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike .
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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 .
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Thou shalt not eat it ;
thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water .
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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 .
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Only thy holy things which thou hast ,
and thy vows ,
thou shalt take ,
and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose :
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ;
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Take heed to thyself that thou be not 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 .
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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 .
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What thing soever I command you ,
observe to do it :
thou shalt not add thereto ,
nor diminish from it .