Deu 12 | ABEn | STEP | And these are the orders and the judgments, which you shall guard to do in the land of which the lord the God of your fathers gives to you by lot, all the days of which you live upon the land.

‏ Deuteronomy 12

CHAPTER 12 Instructions When Entering the Land

1 And these are the orders and the judgments, which you shall guard to do in the land of which the lord the God of your fathers gives to you by lot, all the days of which you live upon the land. 2 By destruction you shall destroy all the places in which [³serve ⁴there ¹the ²nations] their gods, whose lands you shall inherit them upon the [²mountains ¹high], and upon the hills, and underneath every [²tree ¹bushy]. 3 And you shall raze their shrines, and break their monuments; and [²their sacred groves ¹you shall cut down]; and the carvings of their gods you shall incinerate by fire; and you shall destroy their names from out of that place. 4 You shall not do so with the lord your God. 5 But in the place which ever [³should choose ¹the lord ²your God] from all of your tribes to name his name there, and to be called upon -- even you shall seek after and enter there.

Instructions Concerning Offerings

6 And you shall bring there the whole burnt-offerings of yours, and your sacrifices, and your tenths, and your vow offerings, and your voluntary offerings, and your acknowledgment offerings, the first-born of your oxen, and of your sheep. 7 And you shall eat there before the lord your God, and you shall be glad in all the things of which ever you should put your hands, you and your houses, in so far as [³blessed ⁴you ¹the lord ²your God]. 8 You shall not do according to all as many as we do here today -- each doing the pleasing thing before him. 9 [³not ¹For ²you have] come unto the present time for the rest and for the inheritance which the lord our God gives you. 10 But you shall pass over the Jordan, and you shall dwell upon the land of which the lord our God shall inherit to you; and he shall rest you from all your enemies round about; and you shall dwell with safety. 11 And there will be the place which ever [³should choose ¹the lord ²your God] [²to be called upon ¹his name] there -- there you shall bring all as many things as I give charge to you today; your whole burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the first-fruits of your hands, and every choice thing of your gifts, as many as you should vow to the lord. 12 And you shall be glad before the lord your God, you and your sons, and your daughters, and your manservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite at your gates; for there is not to him a portion nor lot with you. 13 Take heed to yourself that you should not offer of your whole burnt-offerings in any place of which ever you should behold, 14 but only in the place which [³should choose ¹the lord ²your God] it, in one of your cities -- there you shall offer your whole burnt-offerings, and there you shall do all as many things as I give charge to you today. 15 But in all your desire you shall sacrifice and shall eat meats according to the blessing of the lord your God which he gave to you in every city -- the unclean among you, and the clean [³the same ¹shall eat ²it], as a doe or stag. 16 Except the blood you shall not eat upon the land; you shall pour it out as water. 17 You shall not be able to eat in your cities the tithe of your grain, and your wine, and your olive oil, the first-born of your oxen, and of your sheep, and all the vows, as many as you should have vowed, and your acknowledgment offerings, and the first-fruits of your hands. 18 But only before the lord your God shall you eat them in the place in which ever [⁴should choose ¹the lord ²your God ³himself] for you and your son and your daughter, your manservant and your maidservant, and the Levite, and the foreigner in your cities. And you shall be glad before the lord your God over all of whatsoever you should put [²upon ¹your hand]. 19 Take heed to yourself! that you should not abandon the Levite all the time, as much as you should live upon the land. 20 And if [³should widen ¹the lord ²your God] your borders, just as he spoke to you, and you shall say, I will eat meats; if [²should desire ¹your soul] so as to eat meats, in every desire of your soul, you shall eat meats. 21 And if at a farther distance from you be the place which ever [³should choose ¹the lord ²your God] to call upon his name there, then you shall sacrifice from your oxen, and from your sheep what ever [³should give ⁴to you ¹the lord ²your God], in which manner I gave charge to you; and you shall eat in your cities according to the desire of your soul. 22 As [⁶are eaten ¹the ²doe ³and ⁴the ⁵stag], so shall you eat it; the unclean among you, and the clean [²likewise ¹shall eat it]. 23 Take heed strongly! to not eat blood, for its blood is life. You shall not eat life with the meats. 24 You shall not eat blood; upon the earth you shall pour it out as water. 25 You shall not eat it, that good should happen to you, and to your sons after you, if you should do the good and the pleasing thing before the lord your God. 26 Except your holy things, which ever should come to you, and [²your vow offerings ¹taking], you shall come into the place which ever [³should choose ¹the lord ²your God] [²to be called upon ¹his name] there. 27 And there you shall offer your whole burnt-offerings; the meats you shall offer upon the altar of the lord your God; but the blood of your sacrifices you shall pour towards the base of the altar of the lord your God, but the meats you may eat. 28 Guard and hearken! and you shall do all the words which I give charge to you, that good should happen to you, and to your sons through the eon, if you should do the pleasing and the good thing before the lord your God. 29 But if [³should utterly destroy ¹the lord ²your God] the nations into which you enter there to inherit their land from your presence, and you should inherit them, and dwell in their land; 30 take heed to yourself! you should not seek to follow them after their being utterly destroyed from your face. In no way should you seek after their gods, saying, How [²act ¹these nations] with their gods [²shall act ¹I also]. 31 You shall not do so to the lord your God; for the abominations which the lord detested they did with their gods; for also their sons and their daughters they incinerated in fire to their gods. 32 Every word which I give charge to you today, this you shall guard to do. You shall not add unto it, nor remove from it.