Verse 21

Deuteronomy 12:21

GOD'S WORD Translation

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21 If the place which Yahweh your God (Elohim) shall choose, to put his name there, is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּֽי יִרְחַ֨ק מִמְּ/ךָ֜ הַ/מָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִבְחַ֜ר יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶי/ךָ֮ לָ/שׂ֣וּם שְׁמ֣/וֹ שָׁם֒ וְ/זָבַחְתָּ֞ מִ/בְּקָרְ/ךָ֣ וּ/מִ/צֹּֽאנְ/ךָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן יְהוָה֙ לְ/ךָ֔ כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוִּיתִ֑/ךָ וְ/אָֽכַלְתָּ֙ בִּ/שְׁעָרֶ֔י/ךָ בְּ/כֹ֖ל אַוַּ֥ת נַפְשֶֽׁ/ךָ

English Translation

When you are far from the place that the LORD your God will choose to put His name there, and you slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and you eat within your gates whatever your soul desires.

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Chapter 12 Context

1 These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, th... Focus ↗

2 You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their... Focus ↗

3 You shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles wi... Focus ↗

4 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God (Elohim). Focus ↗

5 But to the place which Yahweh your God (Elohim) shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name... Focus ↗

6 There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your... Focus ↗

7 There you shall eat before Yahweh your God (Elohim), and you shall rejoice in all that you put your... Focus ↗

8 You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes; Focus ↗

9 for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Yahweh your God (Elohim) gives yo... Focus ↗

10 But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God (Elohim) causes you to... Focus ↗

11 then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God (Elohim) shall choose, to cause his nam... Focus ↗

12 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God (Elohim): you, and your sons, your daughters, your male ser... Focus ↗

13 Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; Focus ↗

14 but in the place which Yahweh chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offeri... Focus ↗

15 Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul,... Focus ↗

16 Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water. Focus ↗

17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or t... Focus ↗

18 but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God (Elohim) in the place which Yahweh your God (Elohim) s... Focus ↗

19 Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land. Focus ↗

20 When Yahweh your God (Elohim) enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to... Focus ↗

21 If the place which Yahweh your God (Elohim) shall choose, to put his name there, is too far from you...

22 Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may... Focus ↗

23 Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life wit... Focus ↗

24 You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water. Focus ↗

25 You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall... Focus ↗

26 Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Yahwe... Focus ↗

27 You shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on Yahweh your God (Elohim)’s altar; a... Focus ↗

28 Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your ch... Focus ↗

29 When Yahweh your God (Elohim) cuts off the nations from before you, where you go in to dispossess th... Focus ↗

30 be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you;... Focus ↗

31 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God (Elohim); for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, th... Focus ↗

32 Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away f... Focus ↗

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Book: Deuteronomy
Chapter: Chapter 12 (32 verses)
Version: GOD'S WORD Translation

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