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And these are the statutes and judgments which ye shall observe to do in the land, which YHVHa, the Elohimb of thy fathers giveth thee to possess, all the days that ye live upon the earth:
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Ye shall do away and blot out all the places wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their elohima, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree;
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Ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their obelisksa, and burn their idols of wood with fire; and carved images of their elohimb ye shall break, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
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And ye shall not worship YHVH, your Elohim, in these ways;
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But unto the place which YHVH, your Elohim, shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, even unto His habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;
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And thither ye shall bring your 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;
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And there ye shall eat before YHVH, your Elohim, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein YHVH, thy Elohim, hath blessed thee.
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¶ Ye shall no more do after all the things that we do here this day, everyone doing whatsoever is right in their own eyes;
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For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which YHVH, your Elohim, giveth you:
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But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which YHVH, your Elohim, giveth you to inherit, and when He giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety,
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Then there shall be a place which YHVH, your Elohim, shall choose to cause His name to dwell there.
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And there ye shall bring all that I command you: your offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and offerings, and all your choice votive offerings which ye vow unto YHVH;
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And ye shall rejoice before YHVH, your Elohim; 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.
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Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest;
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But in the places in which YHVH shall choose, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I instruct thee.
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Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of YHVH, thy Elohim, which He hath given thee;
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The unclean and the clean beasts thou may eata thereof, only thou shall not eat the blood; yea, thou shall pour it upon the earth as water.
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¶ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates thy tithes 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 offerings which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or votive offering of thine hand;
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But thou must eat them before YHVH, thy Elohim, in the place which YHVH, thy Elohim, shall choose,
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Thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates;
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And thou shalt rejoice before YHVH, thy Elohim, in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
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¶ Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth:
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When YHVH, thy Elohim, shall enlarge thy border, as He hath promised thee, and thou shalt say: I will eat meat; thou mayest eat meat, whenever thou should desire it.
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If the place which YHVH, thy Elohim, hath chosen to put His name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock which YHVH hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thou should desire; the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike:
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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;
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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 YHVH.
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Only thy holy things which thou hast and thy vows thou shalt take and go unto the place which YHVH shall choose;
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And thou shalt offer thy offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altars of YHVH, thy Elohim;
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And the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altars of YHVH, thy Elohim, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
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Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee and with thy children after thee forever when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of YHVH, thy Elohim.
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¶ When YHVH, thy Elohim, shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them and dwellest in their land,
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Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them after that they be converteda from before thee,
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And that thou inquire not after their elohima, saying: How did these nations serve their elohim? Even so will I do likewise.
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Thou shalt not do so unto YHVH, thy Elohim; for every abominationa to YHVH which He hateth have they done unto their godsb;
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For even their sons and their daughters they have burnt as offerings in the fire to their elohim.
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¶ What thing soever I instruct you, observe to do it; thou shalt not add thereto nor diminish from it.