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These are the statutes[H2706] and judgments[H4941], which ye shall observe[H8104] to do[H6213] in the land[H776], which the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of thy fathers[H1]giveth[H5414] thee to possess[H3423] it, all the days[H3117] that ye live[H2416] upon the earth[H127].
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Ye shall utterly[H6]destroy[H6] all the places[H4725], wherein the nations[H1471]which[H834] ye shall possess[H3423]served[H5647] their gods[H430], upon the high[H7311]mountains[H2022], and upon the hills[H1389], and under every green[H7488]tree[H6086]:
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And ye shall overthrow[H5422] their altars[H4196], and break[H7665] 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] the names[H8034] of them out of that place[H4725].
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Ye shall not do so[H6213] unto the LORD[H3068] your God[H430].
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But unto the place[H4725] which the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] shall choose[H977] out of all your tribes[H7626] to put[H7760] his name[H8034] there, even unto his habitation[H7933] shall ye seek[H1875], and thither thou shalt come[H935]:
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And thither ye shall bring[H935] your burnt offerings[H5930], and your sacrifices[H2077], and your tithes[H4643], and 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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And there ye shall eat[H398]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], and ye shall rejoice[H8055] in all that ye put[H4916] your hand[H3027] unto, ye and your households[H1004], wherein the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath blessed[H1288] thee.
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Ye shall not do[H6213] after all the things that we do[H6213] here this day[H3117], every man[H376] whatsoever is right[H3477] in his own eyes[H5869].
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For ye are not as yet come[H935] to the rest[H4496] and to the inheritance[H5159], which the LORD[H3068] your God[H430]giveth[H5414] you.
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But when ye go over[H5674]Jordan[H3383], and dwell[H3427] in the land[H776] which the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] giveth you to inherit[H5157], and when he giveth you rest[H5117] from all your enemies[H341] round about[H5439], so that ye dwell[H3427] in safety[H983];
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Then there shall be a place[H4725] which the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] shall choose[H977] to cause his name[H8034] to dwell[H7931] there; thither shall ye bring[H935] all that I 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 your choice[H4005]vows[H5088] which ye vow[H5087] unto the LORD[H3068]:
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And ye shall rejoice[H8055]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], ye, and your sons[H1121], and your daughters[H1323], and your menservants[H5650], and your maidservants[H519], and the Levite[H3881] that is within your gates[H8179]; forasmuch[H3588] as he hath no part[H2506] nor inheritance[H5159] with you.
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Take heed[H8104] to thyself that thou offer[H5927] not thy burnt offerings[H5930] in every place[H4725] that thou seest[H7200]:
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But in the place[H4725] which the LORD[H3068] shall choose[H977] in one[H259] of thy tribes[H7626], there thou shalt offer[H5927] thy burnt offerings[H5930], and there thou shalt do[H6213] all that I command[H6680] thee.
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Notwithstanding thou mayest kill[H2076] and eat[H398]flesh[H1320] in all thy gates[H8179], whatsoever thy soul[H5315] lusteth after[H185], according to the blessing[H1293] of the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] which 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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Only ye shall not eat[H398] the blood[H1818]; ye shall pour[H8210] it upon the earth[H776] as water[H4325].
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Thou mayest[H3201] not 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 of thy vows[H5088] which thou vowest[H5087], nor thy freewill offerings[H5071], or heave offering[H8641] of thine hand[H3027]:
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But thou must eat[H398] them before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] in the place[H4725] which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] shall choose[H977], thou, and thy son[H1121], and thy daughter[H1323], and thy manservant[H5650], and thy maidservant[H519], and the Levite[H3881] that is within thy gates[H8179]: and thou shalt rejoice[H8055]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] in all that thou puttest[H4916] thine hands[H3027] unto.
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Take heed[H8104] to thyself that thou forsake[H5800] not the Levite[H3881] as long as thou livest[H3117] upon the earth[H127].
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When the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] shall enlarge[H7337] thy border[H1366], as he hath promised[H1696] thee, and thou shalt say[H559], I will eat[H398]flesh[H1320], because thy soul[H5315]longeth[H183] to eat[H398]flesh[H1320]; thou mayest eat[H398]flesh[H1320], whatsoever thy soul[H5315] lusteth after[H185].
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If the place[H4725] which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath chosen[H977] to put[H7760] his name[H8034] there be too far[H7368] from thee, then thou shalt kill[H2076] of thy herd[H1241] and of thy flock[H6629], which the LORD[H3068] hath given[H5414] thee, as I have commanded[H6680] thee, and thou shalt eat[H398] in thy gates[H8179] whatsoever thy soul[H5315] lusteth after[H185].
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Even as the roebuck[H6643] and the hart[H354] is eaten[H398], so thou shalt eat[H398] them: the unclean[H2931] and the clean[H2889] shall eat[H398] of them alike[H3162].
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Only be sure[H2388] that thou eat[H398] not the blood[H1818]: for the blood[H1818] is the life[H5315]; and thou mayest not eat[H398] the life[H5315] with the flesh[H1320].
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Thou shalt not eat[H398] it; thou shalt pour[H8210] it upon the earth[H776] as water[H4325].
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Thou shalt not eat[H398] it; that it may go well[H3190] with thee, and with thy children[H1121]after[H310] thee, when thou shalt do[H6213] that which is right[H3477] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068].
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Only thy holy things[H6944] which thou hast, and thy vows[H5088], thou shalt take[H5375], and go[H935] unto the place[H4725] which the LORD[H3068] shall choose[H977]:
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And thou shalt offer[H6213] thy burnt offerings[H5930], the flesh[H1320] and the blood[H1818], upon the altar[H4196] of the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]: and the blood[H1818] of thy sacrifices[H2077] shall be poured out[H8210] upon the altar[H4196] of the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], and thou shalt eat[H398] the flesh[H1320].
28Observe[H8104] and hear[H8085] all these words[H1697] which I command[H6680] thee, that it may go well[H3190] with thee, and with thy children[H1121]after[H310] thee for[H5704]ever[H5769], when 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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When the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] shall cut off[H3772] the nations[H1471] from before[H6440] thee, whither thou goest[H935] to possess[H3423] them, and thou succeedest[H3423] them, and dwellest[H3427] in their land[H776];
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Take heed[H8104] to thyself that thou be not snared[H5367] by following[H310] them, after[H310] that they be destroyed[H8045] from before[H6440] thee; and that thou enquire[H1875] not after[H310] their gods[H430], saying[H559], How did these nations[H1471]serve[H5647] their gods?[H430] even so will I do[H6213]likewise[H1571].
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Thou shalt not do[H6213] so unto the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]: for every abomination[H8441] to the LORD[H3068], which he hateth[H8130], have they done[H6213] unto their gods[H430]; for even their sons[H1121] and their daughters[H1323] they have burnt[H8313] in the fire[H784] to their gods[H430].
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What thing[H1697] soever I command[H6680] you, observe[H8104] to do[H6213] it: thou shalt not add[H3254] thereto, nor diminish[H1639] from it.