The place he chooses
These are the rules and judgments you'll be careful to do in the land the Lord God of your fathers is giving you to possess, all the days you live on the earth. You'll completely destroy all the places where the nations you're driving out served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. You'll pull down their altars and break their pillars and burn their sacred poles with fire. And you'll cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place. You won't do that to the Lord your God. Instead, seek the place the Lord your God chooses out of all your tribes to put his name there and make his dwelling. That is where you'll go. And that's where you'll bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tithes and the heave offerings of your hand, and your vows and your free offerings and the firstborn of your herds and your flocks. And that's where you'll eat before the Lord your God, and you'll rejoice in everything you put your hand to, you and your households, in what the Lord your God has blessed you with. You won't do as we do here today, every man whatever's right in his own eyes. Because you haven't come yet to the rest and the inheritance the Lord your God is giving you. But when you cross the Jordan and live in the land the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around so you live safely — Then there'll be a place the Lord your God chooses to cause his name to live there. That's where you'll bring everything I'm commanding you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the heave offerings of your hand and all your choice vows that you vow to the Lord. You'll rejoice before the Lord your God — you and your sons and your daughters, your male servants and your female servants, and the Levite in your towns, seeing he has no share or an inheritance with you. Watch yourself, so you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place you see. But in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribes, that's where you'll offer your burnt offerings, and that's where you'll do everything I'm commanding you.
These are the rules and the judgments you'll watch that you do in the land the Lord God of your fathers is giving you to own, all the days you live on the earth. You'll completely wreck all the places where the nations you're driving out served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. And you'll pull down their altars and break their pillars and burn their sacred poles with fire. And you'll cut down the carved images of their gods and wipe out their names from that place. You won't do that to the Lord your God. But you'll go to the place the Lord your God chooses out of all your tribes to set his name there, where he lives, and that's where you'll come. And that's where you'll bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tenths and the offerings of your hand, and your vows and your free offerings and the firstborn of your herds and your flocks. And that's where you'll eat in front of the Lord your God, and you'll celebrate in everything you put your hand to, you and your households, in what the Lord your God has blessed you with. You won't do the way we do here today, every man whatever's right in his own eyes. Because you haven't come yet to the rest and the inheritance the Lord your God is giving you. But when you go over the Jordan and live in the land the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all the ones against you round about so you live safely — then there'll be a place the Lord your God chooses to make his name live there. That's where you'll bring everything I'm ordering you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tenths and the offerings of your hand and every pick of your vows that you vow to the Lord. And you'll celebrate in front of the Lord your God — you and your sons and your daughters, your male servants and your female servants, and the Levite inside your gates, seeing he hasn't got a share or an inheritance with you. Watch yourself, so you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place you see. But in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribes, that's where you'll offer your burnt offerings, and that's where you'll do everything I'm ordering you.
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. 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: 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. Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. 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: 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: 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. Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you. 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; 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: 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. Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: 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.
These are the rules and judgments you'll be careful to do in the land the Lord God of your fathers is giving you to possess, all the days you live on the earth.
These are the rules and the judgments you'll watch that you do in the land the Lord God of your fathers is giving you to own, all the days you live on the earth.
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.
You'll completely destroy all the places where the nations you're driving out served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.
You'll completely wreck all the places where the nations you're driving out served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.
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:
You'll pull down their altars and break their pillars and burn their sacred poles with fire. And you'll cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place.
And you'll pull down their altars and break their pillars and burn their sacred poles with fire. And you'll cut down the carved images of their gods and wipe out their names from that place.
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.
You won't do that to the Lord your God.
Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
Instead, seek the place the Lord your God chooses out of all your tribes to put his name there and make his dwelling. That is where you'll go.
But you'll go to the place the Lord your God chooses out of all your tribes to set his name there, where he lives, and that's where you'll come.
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:
And that's where you'll bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tithes and the heave offerings of your hand, and your vows and your free offerings and the firstborn of your herds and your flocks.
And that's where you'll bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tenths and the offerings of your hand, and your vows and your free offerings and the firstborn of your herds and your flocks.
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:
And that's where you'll eat before the Lord your God, and you'll rejoice in everything you put your hand to, you and your households, in what the Lord your God has blessed you with.
And that's where you'll eat in front of the Lord your God, and you'll celebrate in everything you put your hand to, you and your households, in what the Lord your God has blessed you with.
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.
You won't do as we do here today, every man whatever's right in his own eyes.
You won't do the way we do here today, every man whatever's right in his own eyes.
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
Because you haven't come yet to the rest and the inheritance the Lord your God is giving you.
For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.
But when you cross the Jordan and live in the land the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around so you live safely —
But when you go over the Jordan and live in the land the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all the ones against you round about so you live safely —
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;
Then there'll be a place the Lord your God chooses to cause his name to live there. That's where you'll bring everything I'm commanding you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the heave offerings of your hand and all your choice vows that you vow to the Lord.
then there'll be a place the Lord your God chooses to make his name live there. That's where you'll bring everything I'm ordering you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tenths and the offerings of your hand and every pick of your vows that you vow to the Lord.
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:
You'll rejoice before the Lord your God — you and your sons and your daughters, your male servants and your female servants, and the Levite in your towns, seeing he has no share or an inheritance with you.
And you'll celebrate in front of the Lord your God — you and your sons and your daughters, your male servants and your female servants, and the Levite inside your gates, seeing he hasn't got a share or an inheritance with you.
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.
Watch yourself, so you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place you see.
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
But in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribes, that's where you'll offer your burnt offerings, and that's where you'll do everything I'm commanding you.
But in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribes, that's where you'll offer your burnt offerings, and that's where you'll do everything I'm ordering you.
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.
Don't eat the blood
Even so, you may kill and eat meat in your towns whenever you want, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you. Both the clean and unclean may eat it, just as they eat gazelle and deer. Only you won't eat the blood. You'll pour it out on the ground like water. You can't eat in your towns the tithe of your grain or your new wine or your oil, or the firstborn of your herds or your flocks, or any of your vows that you vow, or your free offerings or the heave offering of your hand. But you'll eat them before the Lord your God in the place the Lord your God chooses — you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite in your towns. And you'll rejoice before the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to. Watch yourself, so you don't leave the Levite behind as long as you live on the earth. When the Lord your God enlarges your border as he promised you, and you say, 'I want to eat meat,' because your soul longs for meat, you may eat as much as your soul desires. If the place the Lord your God chooses to put his name is too far from you, then kill from your herd and flock, as I have commanded you, and eat in your towns whatever your soul desires. Eat it the same way you eat gazelle and deer. Both the clean and unclean may eat it. Only be sure you don't eat the blood, because the blood is the life. And you won't eat the life with the meat. You won't eat it. You'll pour it out on the ground like water. You won't eat it, so things go well for you and for your children after you, when you do what's right in the eyes of the Lord. Take the holy things you have, along with your vows, and go to the place the Lord chooses. You'll offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of the Lord your God. And the blood of your sacrifices will be poured out on the altar of the Lord your God, and you'll eat the meat. Watch and listen to all these words I'm commanding you, so things go well for you and for your children after you forever, when you do what's good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.
But you can kill and eat meat in all your gates, whatever your soul wants, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he's given you. The unclean and the clean can eat it, like the gazelle and the deer. Only you won't eat the blood. You'll pour it out on the ground like water. You can't eat inside your gates the tenth of your grain or your new wine or your oil, or the firstborn of your herds or your flocks, or any of your vows that you vow, or your free offerings or the offering of your hand. But you'll eat them in front of the Lord your God in the place the Lord your God chooses — you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite inside your gates. And you'll celebrate in front of the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to. Watch yourself, so you don't leave the Levite behind as long as you live on the earth. When the Lord your God has made your border wider the way he's promised you, and you say, I'll eat meat, because your soul wants to eat meat — you can eat meat, whatever your soul wants. If the place the Lord your God chooses to put his name there is too far from you, then you'll kill from your herd and from your flock the way I've ordered you, and eat inside your gates whatever your soul wants. Just eat it the way the gazelle and the deer are eaten. The unclean and the clean can eat it the same. Only be sure you don't eat the blood, because the blood is the life. And you won't eat the life with the meat. You won't eat it. You'll pour it out on the ground like water. You won't eat it, so it goes well for you and for your children after you, when you do what's right in the eyes of the Lord. Only your holy things that you've got, and your vows, you'll take and go to the place the Lord chooses. And you'll offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of the Lord your God. And the blood of your sacrifices will be poured out on the altar of the Lord your God, and you'll eat the meat. Watch and listen to all these words I'm ordering you, so it goes well for you and for your children after you forever, when you do what's good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.
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. Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. 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: 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. Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. 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. 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. Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. 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. Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. 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. Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: 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. 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.
Even so, you may kill and eat meat in your towns whenever you want, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you. Both the clean and unclean may eat it, just as they eat gazelle and deer.
But you can kill and eat meat in all your gates, whatever your soul wants, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he's given you. The unclean and the clean can eat it, like the gazelle and the deer.
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.
Only you won't eat the blood. You'll pour it out on the ground like water.
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
You can't eat in your towns the tithe of your grain or your new wine or your oil, or the firstborn of your herds or your flocks, or any of your vows that you vow, or your free offerings or the heave offering of your hand.
You can't eat inside your gates the tenth of your grain or your new wine or your oil, or the firstborn of your herds or your flocks, or any of your vows that you vow, or your free offerings or the offering of your hand.
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:
But you'll eat them before the Lord your God in the place the Lord your God chooses — you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite in your towns. And you'll rejoice before the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to.
But you'll eat them in front of the Lord your God in the place the Lord your God chooses — you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite inside your gates. And you'll celebrate in front of the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to.
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.
Watch yourself, so you don't leave the Levite behind as long as you live on the earth.
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
When the Lord your God enlarges your border as he promised you, and you say, 'I want to eat meat,' because your soul longs for meat, you may eat as much as your soul desires.
When the Lord your God has made your border wider the way he's promised you, and you say, I'll eat meat, because your soul wants to eat meat — you can eat meat, whatever your soul wants.
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.
If the place the Lord your God chooses to put his name is too far from you, then kill from your herd and flock, as I have commanded you, and eat in your towns whatever your soul desires.
If the place the Lord your God chooses to put his name there is too far from you, then you'll kill from your herd and from your flock the way I've ordered you, and eat inside your gates whatever your soul wants.
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.
Eat it the same way you eat gazelle and deer. Both the clean and unclean may eat it.
Just eat it the way the gazelle and the deer are eaten. The unclean and the clean can eat it the same.
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
Only be sure you don't eat the blood, because the blood is the life. And you won't eat the life with the meat.
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.
You won't eat it. You'll pour it out on the ground like water.
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
You won't eat it, so things go well for you and for your children after you, when you do what's right in the eyes of the Lord.
You won't eat it, so it goes well for you and for your children after you, when you do what's right in the eyes of the Lord.
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.
Take the holy things you have, along with your vows, and go to the place the Lord chooses.
Only your holy things that you've got, and your vows, you'll take and go to the place the Lord chooses.
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:
You'll offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of the Lord your God. And the blood of your sacrifices will be poured out on the altar of the Lord your God, and you'll eat the meat.
And you'll offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of the Lord your God. And the blood of your sacrifices will be poured out on the altar of the Lord your God, and you'll eat the meat.
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.
Watch and listen to all these words I'm commanding you, so things go well for you and for your children after you forever, when you do what's good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.
Watch and listen to all these words I'm ordering you, so it goes well for you and for your children after you forever, when you do what's good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.
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.
Don't ask how they served their gods
When the Lord your God cuts off the nations before you, where you are going in to possess them, and you succeed them and live in their land, watch yourself, so you are not snared by following them after they have been destroyed before you. Do not ask after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.' You won't do that to the Lord your God. Because every disgusting thing the Lord hates, they've done for their gods. They've even burnt their sons and their daughters in the fire for their gods. Whatever I command you, be careful to do it. Don't add to it and do not take away from it.
When the Lord your God has cut off the nations in front of you where you're going in to drive them out, and you drive them out and live in their land — watch yourself, so you're not caught by following them after they've been wrecked in front of you, and so you don't ask about their gods and say: How did these nations serve their gods? I'll do the same. You won't do that to the Lord your God. Because every disgusting thing the Lord hates, they've done for their gods. They've even burnt their sons and their daughters in the fire for their gods. Whatever I order you, watch that you do it. Don't add to it and don't take away from it.
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; 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. 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. What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
When the Lord your God cuts off the nations before you, where you are going in to possess them, and you succeed them and live in their land,
When the Lord your God has cut off the nations in front of you where you're going in to drive them out, and you drive them out and live in their land —
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;
watch yourself, so you are not snared by following them after they have been destroyed before you. Do not ask after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.'
watch yourself, so you're not caught by following them after they've been wrecked in front of you, and so you don't ask about their gods and say: How did these nations serve their gods? I'll do the same.
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.
You won't do that to the Lord your God. Because every disgusting thing the Lord hates, they've done for their gods. They've even burnt their sons and their daughters in the fire for their gods.
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.
Whatever I command you, be careful to do it. Don't add to it and do not take away from it.
Whatever I order you, watch that you do it. Don't add to it and don't take away from it.
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.