Verse 25

Deuteronomy 12:25

Literal Standard Version

25 you do not eat it, in order that it may be well with you and with your sons after you when you do that which is right in the eyes of YHWH.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֹ֖א תֹּאכְלֶ֑/נּוּ לְמַ֨עַן יִיטַ֤ב לְ/ךָ֙ וּ/לְ/בָנֶ֣י/ךָ אַחֲרֶ֔י/ךָ כִּֽי תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר בְּ/עֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה
English Translation
You shall not eat for the sake of good for you and for your children after you, because you will do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 12 Context
1 “These are the statutes and the judgments which you observe to do in the land which YHWH, God (Elohi... Focus ↗
2 You utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you are dispossessing served their gods,... Focus ↗
3 and you have broken down their altars, and shattered their standing pillars, and you burn their Ashe... Focus ↗
4 You do not do so to your God (Elohim) YHWH; Focus ↗
5 rather—that you seek after the place which your God (Elohim) YHWH chooses out of all your tribes to... Focus ↗
6 and have brought in there your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the raised... Focus ↗
7 and you have eaten there before your God (Elohim) YHWH, and have rejoiced in every putting forth of... Focus ↗
8 You do not do according to all that we are doing here today—each doing anything that is right in his... Focus ↗
9 for until now you have not come to the rest and to the inheritance which your God (Elohim) YHWH is g... Focus ↗
10 When you have passed over the Jordan, and have dwelt in the land which your God (Elohim) YHWH is cau... Focus ↗
11 then it has been, the place on which your God (Elohim) YHWH fixes to cause His Name to dwell there,... Focus ↗
12 And you have rejoiced before your God (Elohim) YHWH, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and you... Focus ↗
13 Take heed to yourself lest you cause your burnt-offerings to ascend in any place which you see; Focus ↗
14 rather—that in the place which YHWH chooses in one of your tribes, there you cause your burnt-offeri... Focus ↗
15 Nevertheless, you slaughter anything of the desire of your soul, and have eaten its flesh according... Focus ↗
16 Only, you do not eat the blood—you pour it on the earth as water; Focus ↗
17 you are not able to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, and of your new wine, and your oi... Focus ↗
18 but you eat it before your God (Elohim) YHWH in the place which your God (Elohim) YHWH fixes on, you... Focus ↗
19 take heed to yourself lest you forsake the Levite for all your days on your ground. Focus ↗
20 When your God (Elohim) YHWH enlarges your border, as He has spoken to you, and you have said, Let me... Focus ↗
21 When the place is far from you in which your God (Elohim) YHWH chooses to put His Name there, then y... Focus ↗
22 only, as the roe and the deer is eaten, so do you eat it; the unclean and the clean alike eat it. Focus ↗
23 Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you do not eat the life with the... Focus ↗
24 you do not eat it—you pour it on the earth as water; Focus ↗
25 you do not eat it, in order that it may be well with you and with your sons after you when you do th...
26 Only, your holy things which you have, and your vows, you take up, and have gone to the place which... Focus ↗
27 and you have made your burnt-offerings—the flesh and the blood—on the altar of your God (Elohim) YHW... Focus ↗
28 Observe, and you have obeyed all these words which I am commanding you, in order that it may be well... Focus ↗
29 When your God (Elohim) YHWH cuts off the nations—to where you are going in to possess them—from your... Focus ↗
30 take heed to yourself lest you are ensnared after them, after their being destroyed out of your pres... Focus ↗
31 You do not do so to your God (Elohim) YHWH; for every abomination that YHWH has hated they have done... Focus ↗
32 The whole thing which I am commanding you, you observe to do it; you do not add to it, nor diminish... Focus ↗