12 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. 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: 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. 4 Ye shall
not do so unto the LORD your God. 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: 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: 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. 8 Ye shall
not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever
is right in his own eyes. 9 For
ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD
your God giveth you. 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; 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: 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. 13 Take
heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that
thou seest: 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. 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. 16 Only
ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
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: 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. 19 Take
heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest
upon the earth. 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. 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. 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. 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. 24 Thou
shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. 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. 26 Only
thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto
the place which the LORD shall choose: 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. 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. 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; 30 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. 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. 32 What
thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto,
nor diminish from it.