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Dabariym 12

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12:1

The Eradication of the Altars and the Central Sanctuary

These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
12:2
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their lo alahiym, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
12:3
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their lo alahiym, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
12:4

The Centralized Frequency of Worship

Ye shall not do so unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Alahiym.
12:5
But unto the place which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Alahiym 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 burnt 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Alahiym, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym hath blessed thee.
12:8

The Transition from the Wilderness

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
12:9
For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Alahiym giveth you.
12:10
But when ye go over Yardan, and dwell in the land which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Alahiym giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
12:11
Then there shall be a place which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Alahiym shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄:
12:12
And ye shall rejoice before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Alahiym, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Lawiyte that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
12:13

The Rejection of Localized Altars

Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
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But in the place which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
12:15

The Law of the Blood and Terrestrial Provision

Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
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Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
12:17

The Separation of the Qodesh Offerings

Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe 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 vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
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But thou must eat them before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym in the place which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Lawiyte that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
12:19
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Lawiyte as long as thou livest upon the earth.
12:20

The Law of the Enlarged Borders

When 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
12:21
If the place which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
12:22
Chawahn as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
12:23

The Absolute Prohibition of Blood

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.
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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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
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Only thy holy (Qodesh) things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 shall choose:
12:27
And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
12:28
Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym.
12:29

The Quarantine Protocol against Syncretism

When 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;
12:30
Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their lo alahiym, saying, "How did these nations serve their lo alahiym? even so will I do likewise."
12:31
Thou shalt not do so unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym: for every abomination to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, which he hateth, have they done unto their lo alahiym; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their lo alahiym.
12:32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.