Verse 4

Deuteronomy 12:4

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4 No, you must go to the place the Lord your God (Elohim) will choose from the territory of all your tribes where he will live with you. That's where you must go.

Original Language Text

hebrew

לֹֽא תַעֲשׂ֣וּ/ן כֵּ֔ן לַ/יהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵי/כֶֽם

English Translation

You shall not do so to the Lord your God.

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Chapter 12 Context

1 These are the rules and regulations you must make sure to follow the whole time you live in the land... Focus ↗

2 You are to completely destroy all the pagan shrines where the nations you're driving out worshiped t... Focus ↗

3 Tear down their altars, knock down their idolatrous pillars, burn down their Asherah poles, and cut... Focus ↗

4 No, you must go to the place the Lord your God (Elohim) will choose from the territory of all your t...

5 You'll take there your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and all your offerings—your freew... Focus ↗

6 That's where, in the presence of the Lord your God (Elohim), you and your families will eat and cele... Focus ↗

7 You're not to do like we're doing here today. At the moment everyone does what they think is right, Focus ↗

8 After you cross the Jordan and settle down in the country that the Lord your God (Elohim) is giving... Focus ↗

9 then the Lord your God (Elohim) will choose a place where he will live with you. That's where you ar... Focus ↗

10 You will celebrate there in the presence of the Lord your God (Elohim)—you, your sons and daughters,... Focus ↗

11 You are to offer them only in the place the Lord will choose in the territory of one of your tribes.... Focus ↗

12 Of course you can slaughter and eat meat wherever you are, anytime you want, depending on how much t... Focus ↗

13 but you are not to eat the blood—pour that out on the ground. Focus ↗

14 In your towns you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or olive oil, the firstborn of yo... Focus ↗

15 No, you must eat them in the presence of the Lord your God (Elohim) at the place the Lord your God (... Focus ↗

16 When the Lord your God (Elohim) gives you more land as he promised, and you feel like some meat, and... Focus ↗

17 If the place where the Lord your God (Elohim) chooses to live with you is a long way away, then you... Focus ↗

18 In fact you can eat it like you would eat a gazelle or deer—whether you're ceremonially clean or not... Focus ↗

19 Just make sure you don't eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life... Focus ↗

20 You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground. Focus ↗

21 Don't eat it, so that all will go well with you and your children, because you will be doing what is... Focus ↗

22 Present your burnt offerings, the meat and blood, on the altar of the Lord your God (Elohim). The bl... Focus ↗

23 Make sure you obey everything I'm commanding you, so that it may always go well with you and your ch... Focus ↗

24 When the Lord your God (Elohim) destroys the nations ahead of you as you enter the country to posses... Focus ↗

25 make sure you don't fall into the trap of following their ways after they have been destroyed right... Focus ↗

26 You must not worship the Lord your God (Elohim) like this, because when they worship their gods they... Focus ↗

27 Be careful to do everything I order you to do. Don't add or take away anything from these instructio... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Deuteronomy
Chapter: Chapter 12 (27 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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