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1. "Be careful to follow these statutes and ordinances in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days you live on the earth.
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1. These H428 are the statutes H2706 and judgments H4941 , which H834 ye shall observe H8104 to do H6213 in the land H776 , which H834 the LORD H3068 God H430 of thy fathers H1 giveth H5414 thee to possess H3423 it, all H3605 the days H3117 that H834 ye H859 live H2416 upon H5921 the earth H127 .
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2. Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are driving out worship their gods-- on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every flourishing tree.
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2. Ye shall utterly destroy H6 H6 H853 all H3605 the places H4725 , wherein H834 H8033 the nations H1471 which H834 H853 ye H859 shall possess H3423 served H5647 H853 their gods H430 , upon H5921 the high H7311 mountains H2022 , and upon H5921 the hills H1389 , and under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree H6086 :
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3. Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
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3. And ye shall overthrow H5422 H853 their altars H4196 , and break H7665 H853 their pillars H4676 , and burn H8313 their groves H842 with fire H784 ; and ye shall hew down H1438 the graven images H6456 of their gods H430 , and destroy H6 H853 the names H8034 of them out of H4480 that H1931 place H4725 .
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4. Don't worship the LORD your God this way.
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4. Ye shall not H3808 do H6213 so H3651 unto the LORD H3068 your God H430 .
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5. Instead, you must go to the place the LORD your God chooses from all your tribes to put His name for His dwelling.
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5. But H3588 H518 unto H413 the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 shall choose H977 out of all H4480 H3605 your tribes H7626 to put H7760 H853 his name H8034 there H8033 , even unto his habitation H7933 shall ye seek H1875 , and thither H8033 thou shalt come H935 :
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6. You are to bring there your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tenths and personal contributions, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
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6. And thither H8033 ye shall bring H935 your burnt offerings H5930 , and your sacrifices H2077 , and your tithes H4643 , and H853 heave offerings H8641 of your hand H3027 , and your vows H5088 , and your freewill offerings H5071 , and the firstlings H1062 of your herds H1241 and of your flocks H6629 :
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7. You will eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household in everything you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
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7. And there H8033 ye shall eat H398 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God H430 , and ye shall rejoice H8055 in all H3605 that ye put H4916 your hand H3027 unto, ye H859 and your households H1004 , wherein H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath blessed H1288 thee.
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8. "You are not to do as we are doing here today; everyone is doing whatever seems right in his own eyes.
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8. Ye shall not H3808 do H6213 after all H3605 the things that H834 we H587 do H6213 here H6311 this day H3117 , every man H376 whatsoever H3605 is right H3477 in his own eyes H5869 .
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9. Indeed, you have not yet come into the resting place and the inheritance the LORD your God is giving you.
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9. For H3588 ye are not H3808 as yet H5704 H6258 come H935 to H413 the rest H4496 and to H413 the inheritance H5159 , which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 giveth H5414 you.
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10. 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 the enemies around you and you live in security,
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10. But when ye go over H5674 H853 Jordan H3383 , and dwell H3427 in the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 giveth you to inherit H5157 H853 , and when he giveth you rest H5117 from all H4480 H3605 your enemies H341 round about H4480 H5439 , so that ye dwell H3427 in safety H983 ;
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11. then the LORD your God will choose the place to have His name dwell. Bring there everything I command you: your burnt offerings, sacrifices, offerings of the tenth, personal contributions, and all your choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
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11. Then there shall be H1961 a place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 shall choose H977 to cause his name H8034 to dwell H7931 there H8033 ; thither H8033 shall ye bring H935 H853 all H3605 that H834 I H595 command H6680 you ; your burnt offerings H5930 , and your sacrifices H2077 , your tithes H4643 , and the heave offering H8641 of your hand H3027 , and all H3605 your choice H4005 vows H5088 which H834 ye vow H5087 unto the LORD H3068 :
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12. You will rejoice before the LORD your God-- you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
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12. And ye shall rejoice H8055 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God H430 , ye H859 , and your sons H1121 , and your daughters H1323 , and your menservants H5650 , and your maidservants H519 , and the Levite H3881 that H834 is within your gates H8179 ; forasmuch H3588 as he hath no H369 part H2506 nor inheritance H5159 with H854 you.
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13. Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in all the sacred places you see.
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13. Take heed H8104 to thyself that H6435 thou offer H5927 not thy burnt offerings H5930 in every H3605 place H4725 that H834 thou seest H7200 :
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14. You must offer your burnt offerings only in the place the LORD chooses in one of your tribes, and there you must do everything I command you.
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14. But H3588 H518 in the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 shall choose H977 in one H259 of thy tribes H7626 , there H8033 thou shalt offer H5927 thy burnt offerings H5930 , and there H8033 thou shalt do H6213 all H3605 that H834 I H595 command H6680 thee.
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15. "But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Those who are clean or unclean may eat it, as they would a gazelle or deer,
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15. Notwithstanding H7535 thou mayest kill H2076 and eat H398 flesh H1320 in all H3605 thy gates H8179 , whatsoever H3605 thy soul H5315 lusteth after H185 , according to the blessing H1293 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 which H834 he hath given H5414 thee : the unclean H2931 and the clean H2889 may eat H398 thereof , as of the roebuck H6643 , and as of the hart H354 .
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16. but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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16. Only H7535 ye shall not H3808 eat H398 the blood H1818 ; ye shall pour H8210 it upon H5921 the earth H776 as water H4325 .
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17. Within your gates you may not eat: the tenth of your grain, new wine, or oil; the firstborn of your herd or flock; any of your vow offerings that you pledge; your freewill offerings; or your personal contributions.
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17. Thou mayest H3201 not H3808 eat H398 within thy gates H8179 the tithe H4643 of thy corn H1715 , or of thy wine H8492 , or of thy oil H3323 , or the firstlings H1062 of thy herds H1241 or of thy flock H6629 , nor any H3605 of thy vows H5088 which H834 thou vowest H5087 , nor thy freewill offerings H5071 , or heave offering H8641 of thine hand H3027 :
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18. You must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God chooses-- you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite who is within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in everything you do,
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18. But H3588 H518 thou must eat H398 them before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 in the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall choose H977 , thou H859 , and thy son H1121 , and thy daughter H1323 , and thy manservant H5650 , and thy maidservant H519 , and the Levite H3881 that H834 is within thy gates H8179 : and thou shalt rejoice H8055 before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 in all H3605 that thou puttest H4916 thine hands H3027 unto.
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19. and be careful not to neglect the Levite, as long as you live in your land.
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19. Take heed H8104 to thyself that thou forsake not H6435 H5800 H853 the Levite H3881 as long as thou livest H3605 H3117 upon H5921 the earth H127 .
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20. "When the LORD your God enlarges your territory as He has promised you, and you say, 'I want to eat meat' because you have a strong desire to eat meat, you may eat it whenever you want.
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20. When H3588 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall enlarge H7337 H853 thy border H1366 , as H834 he hath promised H1696 thee , and thou shalt say H559 , I will eat H398 flesh H1320 , because H3588 thy soul H5315 longeth H183 to eat H398 flesh H1320 ; thou mayest eat H398 flesh H1320 , whatsoever H3605 thy soul H5315 lusteth after H185 .
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21. If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, you may slaughter any of your herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.
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21. If H3588 the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath chosen H977 to put H7760 his name H8034 there H8033 be too far H7368 from H4480 thee , then thou shalt kill H2076 of thy herd H4480 H1241 and of thy flock H4480 H6629 , which H834 the LORD H3068 hath given H5414 thee as H834 I have commanded H6680 thee , and thou shalt eat H398 in thy gates H8179 whatsoever H3605 thy soul H5315 lusteth after H185 .
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22. Indeed, you may eat it as the gazelle and deer are eaten; both the clean and the unclean may eat it.
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22. Even H389 as H834 H853 the roebuck H6643 and the hart H354 is eaten H398 , so H3651 thou shalt eat H398 them : the unclean H2931 and the clean H2889 shall eat H398 of them alike H3162 .
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23. But don't eat the blood, since the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
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23. Only H7535 be sure H2388 that thou eat H398 not H1115 the blood H1818 : for H3588 the blood H1818 is the life H5315 ; and thou mayest not H3808 eat H398 the life H5315 with H5973 the flesh H1320 .
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24. Do not eat blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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24. Thou shalt not H3808 eat H398 it ; thou shalt pour H8210 it upon H5921 the earth H776 as water H4325 .
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25. Do not eat it, so that you and your children after you will prosper, because you will be doing what is right in the LORD's sight.
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25. Thou shalt not H3808 eat H398 it; that H4616 it may go well H3190 with thee , and with thy children H1121 after H310 thee, when H3588 thou shalt do H6213 that which is right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 .
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26. "But you are to take the holy offerings you have and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD chooses.
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26. Only H7535 thy holy things H6944 which H834 thou hast H1961 , and thy vows H5088 , thou shalt take H5375 , and go H935 unto H413 the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 shall choose H977 :
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27. Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices is to be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.
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27. And thou shalt offer H6213 thy burnt offerings H5930 , the flesh H1320 and the blood H1818 , upon H5921 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 : and the blood H1818 of thy sacrifices H2077 shall be poured out H8210 upon H5921 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , and thou shalt eat H398 the flesh H1320 .
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28. Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that you and your children after you may prosper forever, because you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.
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28. Observe H8104 and hear H8085 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 which H834 I H595 command H6680 thee, that H4616 it may go well H3190 with thee , and with thy children H1121 after H310 thee forever H5704 H5769 , when H3588 thou doest H6213 that which is good H2896 and right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 .
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29. "When the LORD your God annihilates the nations before you, which you are entering to take possession of, and you drive them out and live in their land,
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29. When H3588 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall cut off H3772 H853 the nations H1471 from before H4480 H6440 thee, whither H834 H8033 thou H859 goest H935 to possess H3423 them , and thou succeedest H3423 them , and dwellest H3427 in their land H776 ;
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30. be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, 'How did these nations worship their gods? I'll also do the same.'
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30. Take heed H8104 to thyself that H6435 thou be not snared H5367 by following H310 them , after that H310 they be destroyed H8045 from before H4480 H6440 thee ; and that H6435 thou inquire H1875 not after their gods H430 , saying H559 , How H349 did these H428 nations H1471 serve H5647 H853 their gods H430 ? even so H3651 will I H589 do H6213 likewise H1571 .
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31. You must not do the same to the LORD your God, because they practice for their gods every detestable thing the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
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31. Thou shalt not H3808 do H6213 so H3651 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430 : for H3588 every H3605 abomination H8441 to the LORD H3068 , which H834 he hateth H8130 , have they done H6213 unto their gods H430 ; for H3588 even H1571 H853 their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 they have burnt H8313 in the fire H784 to their gods H430 .
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32. You must be careful to do everything I command you; do not add anything to it or take anything away from it.
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32. H853 What thing soever H3605 H1697 H834 I H595 command H6680 you, observe H8104 to do H6213 it : thou shalt not H3808 add H3254 thereto H5921 , nor H3808 diminish H1639 from H4480 it.
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