Deuteronomy

Δευτερονόμιον

Chapter 12

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Laws of the Sanctuary

1 These are the statutes and judgments, which you shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of your fathers gives you to possess it, all the days that you live upon the earth.

אֵ֠לֶּה הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְר֣וּן לַעֲשֹׂות֒ בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֩ נָתַ֨ן יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֧י אֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ לְךָ֖ לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ כָּל־הַיָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֥ם חַיִּ֖ים עַל־הָאֲדָמָֽה׃

1 Καὶ ταῦτα τὰ προστάγματα καὶ αἱ κρίσεις, ἃς φυλάξετε τοῦ ποιεῖν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἧς κύριος θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν δίδωσιν ὑμῖν ἐν κλήρῳ, πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ἃς ὑμεῖς ζῆτε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. 1 Καὶ ταῦτα τὰ προστάγματα καὶ αἱ κρίσεις, ἃς φυλάξετε τοῦ ποιεῖν ἐν τῇ γῇ, ἣν Κύριος Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν δίδωσιν ὑμῖν ἐν κλήρῳ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ἃς ὑμεῖς ζῆτε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
1 And these are the ordinances and the judgments that you shall be careful to do upon the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you as an allotment all the days that you live on the land. 1 And these are the ordinances and the judgments that you shall be careful to do upon the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you as an allotment all the days that you live on the land.

2 You shall utterly destroy all the places, in which the nations which you shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

אַבֵּ֣ד תְּ֠אַבְּדוּן אֶֽת־כָּל־הַמְּקֹמֹ֞ות אֲשֶׁ֧ר עָֽבְדוּ־שָׁ֣ם הַגֹּויִ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם יֹרְשִׁ֥ים אֹתָ֖ם אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם עַל־הֶהָרִ֤ים הָֽרָמִים֙ וְעַל־הַגְּבָעֹ֔ות וְתַ֖חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָן ׃

2 ἀπωλείᾳ ἀπολεῖτε πάντας τοὺς τόπους, ἐν οἷς ἐλάτρευσαν ἐκεῖ τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν οὓς ὑμεῖς κληρονομεῖτε αὐτούς, ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων τῶν ὑψηλῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν θινῶν καὶ ὑποκάτω δένδρου δασέος 2 ἀπωλείᾳ ἀπολεῖτε πάντας τοὺς τόπους, ἐν οἷς ἐλάτρευσαν ἐκεῖ τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν, οὓς ὑμεῖς κληρονομεῖτε αὐτούς, ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων τῶν ὑψηλῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν θινῶν καὶ ὑποκάτω δένδρου δασέος.
2 By destruction, you shall destroy all the places, there where the nations whom you are dispossessing serve their gods on the high mountains and on the hills and beneath a leafy tree. 2 By destruction, you shall destroy all the places, there where the nations whom you are dispossessing serve their gods on the high mountains and on the hills and beneath a leafy tree.

3 And you shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and you shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

וְנִתַּצְתֶּ֣ם אֶת־מִזְבּחֹתָ֗ם וְשִׁבַּרְתֶּם֙ אֶת־מַצֵּ֣בֹתָ֔ם וַאֲשֵֽׁרֵיהֶם֙ תִּשְׂרְפ֣וּן בָּאֵ֔שׁ וּפְסִילֵ֥י אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֖ם תְּגַדֵּע֑וּן וְאִבַּדְתֶּ֣ם אֶת־שְׁמָ֔ם מִן־הַמָּקֹ֖ום הַהֽוּא׃


4 You shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

לֹֽא־תַעֲשׂ֣וּן כֵּ֔ן לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

4 οὐ ποιήσετε οὕτως κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ ὑμῶν, 4 οὐ ποιήσετε οὕτω Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ὑμῶν,
4 You shall not do so to your Lord God. 4 You shall not do so to your Lord God.

5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall you seek, and to that place you shall come:

כִּ֠י אִֽם־אֶל־הַמָּקֹ֞ום אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ מִכָּל־שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֔ם לָשׂ֥וּם אֶת־שְׁמֹ֖ו שָׁ֑ם לְשִׁכְנֹ֥ו תִדְרְשׁ֖וּ וּבָ֥אתָ שָֽׁמָּה׃


6 And to that place you 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:

וַהֲבֵאתֶ֣ם שָׁ֗מָּה עֹלֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֵת֙ מַעְשְׂרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת תְּרוּמַ֣ת יֶדְכֶ֑ם וְנִדְרֵיכֶם֙ וְנִדְבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וּבְכֹרֹ֥ת בְּקַרְכֶ֖ם וְצֹאנְכֶֽם׃


7 And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand unto, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.

וַאֲכַלְתֶּם־שָׁ֗ם לִפְנֵי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם בְּכֹל֙ מִשְׁלַ֣ח יֶדְכֶ֔ם אַתֶּ֖ם וּבָתֵּיכֶ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֵּֽרַכְךָ֖ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

7 καὶ φάγεσθε ἐκεῖ ἐναντίον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν καὶ εὐφρανθήσεσθε ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, οὗ ἄν τὴν χεῖρα ἐπιβάλητε, ὑμεῖς καὶ οἱ οἶκοι ὑμῶν, καθότι εὐλόγησέν σὲ κύριος θεός σου. 7 καὶ φάγεσθε ἐκεῖ ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν καὶ εὐφρανθήσεσθε ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, οὗ ἐὰν ἐπιβάλητε τὴν χεῖρα, ὑμεῖς καὶ οἱ οἶκοι ὑμῶν, καθότι εὐλόγησέ σε Κύριος Θεός σου.
7 And you shall eat there in the presence of your Lord God and shall rejoice in all things to which you put your hands, you and your households, as your Lord God has blessed you. 7 And you shall eat there in the presence of your Lord God and shall rejoice in all things to which you put your hands, you and your households, as your Lord God has blessed you.

8 You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes.

לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּן כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנַ֧חְנוּ עֹשִׂ֛ים פֹּ֖ה הַיֹּ֑ום אִ֖ישׁ כָּל־הַיָּשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָֽיו׃

8 οὐ ποιήσετε πάντα, ἡμεῖς ποιοῦμεν ὧδε σήμερον, ἕκαστος τὸ ἀρεστὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ·
8 οὐ ποιήσετε πάντα ὅσα ἡμεῖς ποιοῦμεν ὧδε σήμερον, ἕκαστος τὸ ἀρεστὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ·
8 You shall not do all things that we are doing here today, each one doing what is pleasing before him, 8 You shall not do all things that we are doing here today, each one doing what is pleasing before him,

9 For you are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God gives you.

כִּ֥י לֹא־בָּאתֶ֖ם עַד־עָ֑תָּה אֶל־הַמְּנוּחָה֙ וְאֶל־הַֽנַּחֲלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃

9 οὐ γὰρ ἥκατε ἕως τοῦ νῦν εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν καὶ εἰς τὴν κληρονομίαν, ἣν κύριος θεὸς ὑμῶν δίδωσιν ὑμῖν. 9 οὐ γὰρ ἥκατε ἕως τοῦ νῦν εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν καὶ εἰς τὴν κληρονομίαν ἣν Κύριος Θεὸς ἡμῶν δίδωσιν ὑμῖν.
9 for until now you haven’t come into the rest and into the inheritance that your Lord God is giving you. 9 for until now you haven’t come into the rest and into the inheritance that your Lord God is giving you.

10 But when you go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God gives you to inherit, and when he gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety;

וַעֲבַרְתֶּם֮ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן֒ וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֣ם בָּאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם מַנְחִ֣יל אֶתְכֶ֑ם וְהֵנִ֨יחַ לָכֶ֧ם מִכָּל־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֛ם מִסָּבִ֖יב וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־בֶּֽטַח׃


11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; to that place shall you 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 you vow unto the LORD:

וְהָיָ֣ה הַמָּקֹ֗ום אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֥ם בֹּו֙ לְשַׁכֵּ֤ן שְׁמֹו֙ שָׁ֔ם שָׁ֣מָּה תָבִ֔יאוּ אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י מְצַוֶּ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֑ם עֹולֹתֵיכֶ֣ם וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֗ם מַעְשְׂרֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ וּתְרֻמַ֣ת יֶדְכֶ֔ם וְכֹל֙ מִבְחַ֣ר נִדְרֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּדְּר֖וּ לַֽיהוָֽה׃

11 καὶ ἔσται τόπος, ὃν ἄν ἐκλέξηται κύριος θεὸς ὑμῶν ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ, ἐκεῖ οἴσετε πάντα, ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν σήμερον, τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ θυσιάσματα ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ ἐπιδέκατα ὑμῶν καὶ τὰς ἀπαρχὰς τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ δόματα ὑμῶν καὶ πᾶν ἐκλεκτὸν τῶν δώρων ὑμῶν, ὅσα ἐὰν εὔξησθε τῷ θεῷ ὑμῶν, 11 καὶ ἔσται τόπος, ὃν ἄν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος Θεός σου ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ, ἐκεῖ οἴσετε πάντας, ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν σήμερον, τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ θυσιάσματα ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ ἐπιδέκατα ὑμῶν καὶ τὰς ἀπαρχὰς τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν καὶ πᾶν ἐκλεκτὸν τῶν δώρων ὑμῶν, ὅσα ἄν εὔξησθε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ὑμῶν,
11 And it shall be that the place, wherever your Lord God may choose for his name to be called there, there you shall bring all the things that I command you today: your whole burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tithes and the first fruits of your hands and your gifts and every choice one of your gifts, whatever you may vow to your God. 11 And it shall be that the place, wherever your Lord God may choose for his name to be called there, there you shall bring all the things that I command you today: your whole burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tithes and the first fruits of your hands and your gifts and every choice one of your gifts, whatever you may vow to your God.

12 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; since he has no part nor inheritance with you.

וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם לִפְנֵי֮ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֒ אַתֶּ֗ם וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ וּבְנֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וְעַבְדֵיכֶ֖ם וְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וְהַלֵּוִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּשַֽׁעֲרֵיכֶ֔ם כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין לֹ֛ו חֵ֥לֶק וְנַחֲלָ֖ה אִתְּכֶֽם׃


13 Take heed to yourself that you offer not your burnt offerings in every place that you see:

הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֔ פֶּֽן־תַּעֲלֶ֖ה עֹלֹתֶ֑יךָ בְּכָל־מָקֹ֖ום אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּרְאֶֽה׃

13 πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ μὴ ἀνενέγκῃς τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματά σου ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, οὗ ἐὰν ἴδῃς, 13 πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ, μὴ ἀνενέγκῃς τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματά σου ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, οὗ ἐὰν ἴδῃς,
13 Be careful to yourself lest you bring your whole burnt offerings at any place where you may see. 13 Be careful to yourself lest you bring your whole burnt offerings at any place where you may see.

14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

כִּ֣י אִם־בַּמָּקֹ֞ום אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ בְּאַחַ֣ד שְׁבָטֶ֔יךָ שָׁ֖ם תַּעֲלֶ֣ה עֹלֹתֶ֑יךָ וְשָׁ֣ם תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י מְצַוֶּֽךָּ׃

14 ἀλλ’ εἰς τὸν τόπον, ὃν ἄν ἐκλέξηται κύριος θεός σου αὐτὸν ἐν μιᾷ τῶν φυλῶν σου, ἐκεῖ ἀνοίσεις τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματά σου καὶ ἐκεῖ ποιήσεις πάντα, ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοί σήμερον. 14 ἀλλ’ εἰς τὸν τόπον, ὃν ἄν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος Θεός σου αὐτὸν ἐν μιᾷ τῶν φυλῶν σου, ἐκεῖ ἀνοίσετε τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα ὑμῶν καὶ ἐκεῖ ποιήσεις πάντας, ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοι σήμερον.
14 But at the place, which your Lord God may choose in one of your tribes–there you shall offer your whole burnt offerings, and there you shall do all the things I command you today. 14 But at the place, which your Lord God may choose in one of your tribes–there you shall offer your whole burnt offerings, and there you shall do all the things I command you today.

15 Notwithstanding you may kill and eat flesh in all your gates, whatever your soul lusts after, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

רַק֩ בְּכָל־אַוַּ֨ת נַפְשְׁךָ֜ תִּזְבַּ֣ח ׀ וְאָכַלְתָּ֣ בָשָׂ֗ר כְּבִרְכַּ֨ת יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽתַן־לְךָ֖ בְּכָל־שְׁעָרֶ֑יךָ הַטָּמֵ֤א וְהַטָּהֹור֙ יֹאכְלֶ֔נּוּ כַּצְּבִ֖י וְכָאַיָּֽל׃

15 ἀλλ’ ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιθυμίᾳ σου θύσεις καὶ φάγῃ κρέα κατὰ τὴν εὐλογίαν κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου, ἣν ἔδωκέν σοί ἐν πάσῃ πόλει· ἀκάθαρτος ἐν σοί καὶ καθαρὸς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ φάγεται αὐτὸ ὡς δορκάδα ἔλαφον·
15 ἀλλ’ ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιθυμίᾳ σου θύσεις καὶ φαγῇ κρέα κατὰ τὴν εὐλογίαν Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, ἣν ἔδωκέ σοι ἐν πάσῃ πόλει· ἀκάθαρτος ἐν σοί καὶ καθαρὸς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ φάγεται αὐτό, ὡς δορκάδα ἔλαφον.
15 Yet at your every desire you shall slaughter and eat meat, according to the blessing of your Lord God which he has given you within any city; the unclean one among you and the clean together shall eat of it, as they would eat a gazelle or deer. 15 Yet at your every desire you shall slaughter and eat meat, according to the blessing of your Lord God which he has given you within any city; the unclean one among you and the clean together shall eat of it, as they would eat a gazelle or deer.

16 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it upon the earth as water.

רַ֥ק הַדָּ֖ם לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑לוּ עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּ כַּמָּֽיִם׃

16 πλὴν τὸ αἷμα οὐ φάγεσθε, ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐκχεεῖτε αὐτὸ ὡς ὕδωρ. 16 πλὴν τὸ αἷμα οὐ φάγεσθε, ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐκχεεῖτε αὐτὸ ὡς ὕδωρ
16 However, you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the ground like water. 16 However, you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your wine, or of your oil, or the firstlings of your herds or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your freewill offerings, or heave offering of your hand:

לֹֽא־תוּכַ֞ל לֶאֱכֹ֣ל בִּשְׁעָרֶ֗יךָ מַעְשַׂ֤ר דְּגָֽנְךָ֙ וְתִֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ וְיִצְהָרֶ֔ךָ וּבְכֹרֹ֥ת בְּקָרְךָ֖ וְצֹאנֶ֑ךָ וְכָל־נְדָרֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּדֹּ֔ר וְנִדְבֹתֶ֖יךָ וּתְרוּמַ֥ת יָדֶֽךָ׃

17 οὐ δυνήσῃ φαγεῖν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσίν σου τὸ ἐπιδέκατον τοῦ σίτου σου καὶ τοῦ οἴνου σου καὶ τοῦ ἐλαίου σου, τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν βοῶν σου καὶ τῶν προβάτων σου καὶ πάσας εὐχάς, ὅσας ἄν εὔξησθε, καὶ τὰς ὁμολογίας ὑμῶν καὶ τὰς ἀπαρχὰς τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν, 17 οὐ δυνήσῃ φαγεῖν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσί σου τὸ ἐπιδέκατον τοῦ σίτου σου καὶ τοῦ οἴνου σου καὶ τοῦ ἐλαίου σου, τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν βοῶν σου καὶ τῶν προβάτων σου καὶ πάσας τάς εὐχάς, ὅσας ἄν εὔξησθε, καὶ τὰς ὁμολογίας ὑμῶν καὶ τὰς ἀπαρχὰς τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν,
17 You shall not be able to eat within your cities the tithe of your grain and of your wine and of your olive oil, the firstborn of your oxen and of your sheep and all votive gifts that you may vow and your voluntary offering and the first fruits of your hands. 17 You shall not be able to eat within your cities the tithe of your grain and of your wine and of your olive oil, the firstborn of your oxen and of your sheep and all votive gifts that you may vow and your voluntary offering and the first fruits of your hands.

18 But you must eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all that you put your hands unto.

כִּ֡י אִם־לִפְנֵי֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ תֹּאכְלֶ֗נּוּ בַּמָּקֹום֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִבְחַ֜ר יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮ בֹּו֒ אַתָּ֨ה וּבִנְךָ֤ וּבִתֶּ֙ךָ֙ וְעַבְדְּךָ֣ וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וְהַלֵּוִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶ֑יךָ וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֗ לִפְנֵי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹ֖ל מִשְׁלַ֥ח יָדֶֽךָ׃

18 ἀλλ’ ἐναντίον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου φάγῃ αὐτὰ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, ἄν ἐκλέξηται κύριος θεός σου αὐτῷ, σὺ καὶ υἱός σου καὶ θυγάτηρ σου, παῖς σου καὶ παιδίσκη σου καὶ προσήλυτος ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ὑμῶν, καὶ εὐφρανθήσῃ ἐναντίον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου ἐπὶ πάντα, οὗ ἄν ἐπιβάλῃς τὴν χεῖρά σου. 18 ἀλλ’ ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου φαγῇ αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, ἄν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος Θεός σου αὐτῷ, σὺ καὶ υἱός σου καὶ θυγάτηρ σου, παῖς σου καὶ παιδίσκη σου καὶ προσήλυτος ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ὑμῶν, καὶ εὐφρανθήσῃ ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου ἐπὶ πάντας, οὗ ἐὰν ἐπιβάλῃς τὴν χεῖρά σου.
18 But these you shall eat in the presence of your Lord God at the place, which your Lord God may choose, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the immigrant in your cities, and you shall be joyful in the presence of your Lord God in all things where you may put your hand. 18 But these you shall eat in the presence of your Lord God at the place, which your Lord God may choose, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the immigrant in your cities, and you shall be joyful in the presence of your Lord God in all things where you may put your hand.

19 Take heed to yourself that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live upon the earth.

הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֔ פֶּֽן־תַּעֲזֹ֖ב אֶת־הַלֵּוִ֑י כָּל־יָמֶ֖יךָ עַל־אַדְמָתֶֽךָ׃

19 πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς τὸν Λευίτην πάντα τὸν χρόνον, ὅσον ἐὰν ζῇς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. 19 πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ, μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς τὸν Λευίτην πάντα τὸν χρόνον, ὅσον ἄν ζῇς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
19 Be careful to yourself lest you neglect the Levite all the time that you may live upon the land. 19 Be careful to yourself lest you neglect the Levite all the time that you may live upon the land.

20 When the LORD your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh, because your soul longs to eat flesh; you may eat flesh, whatever your soul lusts after.

כִּֽי־יַרְחִיב֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֥יךָ אֶֽת־גְּבֽוּלְךָ֮ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּר־לָךְ֒ וְאָמַרְתָּ֙ אֹכְלָ֣ה בָשָׂ֔ר כִּֽי־תְאַוֶּ֥ה נַפְשְׁךָ֖ לֶאֱכֹ֣ל בָּשָׂ֑ר בְּכָל־אַוַּ֥ת נַפְשְׁךָ֖ תֹּאכַ֥ל בָּשָֽׂר׃

20 ἐὰν δὲ ἐμπλατύνῃ κύριος θεός σου, τὰ ὅριά σου καθάπερ ἐλάλησέν σοι, καὶ ἐρεῖς φάγομαι κρέα, ἐὰν ἐπιθυμήσῃ ψυχή σου ὥστε φαγεῖν κρέα, ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιθυμίᾳ τῆς ψυχῆς σου φάγῃ κρέα. 20 Ἐὰν δὲ ἐμπλατύνῃ Κύριος Θεός σου τὰ ὅριά σου, καθάπερ ἐλάλησέ σοι, καὶ ἐρεῖς· φάγομαι κρέα, ἐὰν ἐπιθυμήσῃ ψυχή σου ὥστε φαγεῖν κρέα, ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιθυμίᾳ τῆς ψυχῆς σου φαγῇ κρέα.
20 Now if your Lord God enlarges your borders, as he has said to you, and you shall say, “I am going to eat meat,” if your soul desires to eat meat, in every desire of your soul, you shall eat meat. 20 Now if your Lord God enlarges your borders, as he has said to you, and you shall say, “I am going to eat meat,” if your soul desires to eat meat, in every desire of your soul, you shall eat meat.

21 If the place which the LORD your God has chosen to put his name there be too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and you shall eat in your gates whatever your soul lusts after.

כִּֽי־יִרְחַ֨ק מִמְּךָ֜ הַמָּקֹ֗ום אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִבְחַ֜ר יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮ לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁמֹ֣ו שָׁם֒ וְזָבַחְתָּ֞ מִבְּקָרְךָ֣ וּמִצֹּֽאנְךָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן יְהוָה֙ לְךָ֔ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוִּיתִ֑ךָ וְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙ בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹ֖ל אַוַּ֥ת נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

21 ἐὰν δὲ μακρότερον ἀπέχῃ σου τόπος, ὃν ἄν ἐκλέξηται κύριος θεός σου ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ, καὶ θύσεις ἀπὸ τῶν βοῶν σου καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν προβάτων σου, ὧν ἄν δῷ θεός σοι, ὃν τρόπον ἐνετειλάμην σοι, καὶ φάγῃ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσίν σου κατὰ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τῆς ψυχῆς σου·
21 ἐὰν δὲ μακρὰν ἀπέχῃ σου τόπος, ὃν ἄν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος Θεός σου ἐκεῖ ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ, καὶ θύσεις ἀπὸ τῶν βοῶν σου καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν προβάτων σου, ὧν ἄν δῷ Θεός σοι, ὃν τρόπον ἐνετειλάμην σοι καὶ φαγῇ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσί σου κατὰ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τῆς ψυχῆς σου·
21 But if the place your Lord God may choose for his name to be called there is much farther away from you, then you shall sacrifice from your oxen and from your sheep that God may give you as I have commanded you, then you shall eat within your cities according to the desire of your soul. 21 But if the place your Lord God may choose for his name to be called there is much farther away from you, then you shall sacrifice from your oxen and from your sheep that God may give you as I have commanded you, then you shall eat within your cities according to the desire of your soul.

22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so you shall eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

אַ֗ךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יֵאָכֵ֤ל אֶֽת־הַצְּבִי֙ וְאֶת־הָ֣אַיָּ֔ל כֵּ֖ן תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּ הַטָּמֵא֙ וְהַטָּהֹ֔ור יַחְדָּ֖ו יֹאכְלֶֽנּוּ׃

22 ὡς ἔσθεται δορκὰς καὶ ἔλαφος, οὕτως φάγῃ αὐτό, ἀκάθαρτος ἐν σοί καὶ καθαρὸς ὡσαύτως ἔδεται. 22 ὡς ἔσθεται δορκὰς καὶ ἔλαφος, οὕτω φαγῇ αὐτό, ἀκάθαρτος ἐν σοί καὶ καθαρὸς ὡσαύτως ἔδεται.
22 Just as the gazelle is eaten and the deer, so you shall eat it; the unclean one among you and the clean alike shall eat it. 22 Just as the gazelle is eaten and the deer, so you shall eat it; the unclean one among you and the clean alike shall eat it.

23 Only be sure that you eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the flesh.

רַ֣ק חֲזַ֗ק לְבִלְתִּי֙ אֲכֹ֣ל הַדָּ֔ם כִּ֥י הַדָּ֖ם ה֣וּא הַנָּ֑פֶשׁ וְלֹא־תֹאכַ֥ל הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ עִם־הַבָּשָֽׂר׃

23 πρόσεχε ἰσχυρῶς τοῦ μὴ φαγεῖν αἷμα, ὅτι τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ψυχή· οὐ βρωθήσεται ψυχὴ μετὰ τῶν κρεῶν, 23 πρόσεχε ἰσχυρῶς τοῦ μὴ φαγεῖν αἷμα, ὅτι τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ψυχή· οὐ βρωθήσεται ψυχὴ μετὰ τῶν κρεῶν,
23 Take great care not to eat blood, because its blood is life; the life shall not be eaten with the meat. 23 Take great care not to eat blood, because its blood is life; the life shall not be eaten with the meat.

24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it upon the earth as water.

לֹ֖א תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּ עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּ כַּמָּֽיִם׃

24 οὐ φάγεσθε, ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐκχεεῖτε αὐτὸ ὡς ὕδωρ·
24 οὐ φάγεσθε, ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐκχεεῖτε αὐτὸ ὡς ὕδωρ·
24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water. 24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

25 You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

לֹ֖א תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּ לְמַ֨עַן יִיטַ֤ב לְךָ֙ וּלְבָנֶ֣יךָ אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ כִּֽי־תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

25 οὐ φάγῃ αὐτό, ἵνα εὖ σοί γένηται καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς σου μετὰ σέ, ἐὰν ποιήσῃς τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὸ ἀρεστὸν ἐναντίον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου. 25 οὐ φαγῇ αὐτό, ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς σου μετὰ σέ, ἐὰν ποιήσῃς τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὸ ἀρεστὸν ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου.
25 You shall not eat it so that it may go well with you and your sons after you, if you do what is good and pleasing before your Lord God. 25 You shall not eat it so that it may go well with you and your sons after you, if you do what is good and pleasing before your Lord God.

26 Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:

רַ֧ק קָֽדָשֶׁ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁר־יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֖ וּנְדָרֶ֑יךָ תִּשָּׂ֣א וּבָ֔אתָ אֶל־הַמָּקֹ֖ום אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃

26 πλὴν τὰ ἅγιά σου, ἐὰν γένηταί σοι, καὶ τὰς εὐχάς σου λαβὼν ἥξεις εἰς τὸν τόπον, ὃν ἄν ἐκλέξηται κύριος θεός σου ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ, 26 πλὴν τὰ ἅγιά σου, ἐὰν γένηταί σοι, καὶ τὰς εὐχάς σου λαβὼν ἥξεις εἰς τὸν τόπον, ὃν ἄν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος Θεός σου ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ,
26 But when you have taken your sacred things, whatever you may have, and your votive gifts, you shall come to the place which your Lord God may choose for himself for his name to be called there. 26 But when you have taken your sacred things, whatever you may have, and your votive gifts, you shall come to the place which your Lord God may choose for himself for his name to be called there.

27 And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD your God: and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD your God, and you shall eat the flesh.

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ עֹלֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ הַבָּשָׂ֣ר וְהַדָּ֔ם עַל־מִזְבַּ֖ח יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְדַם־זְבָחֶ֗יךָ יִשָּׁפֵךְ֙ עַל־מִזְבַּח֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ וְהַבָּשָׂ֖ר תֹּאכֵֽל׃

27 καὶ ποιήσεις τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματά σου· τὰ κρέα ἀνοίσεις ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου, τὸ δὲ αἷμα τῶν θυσιῶν σου προσχεεῖς πρὸς τὴν βάσιν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου, τὰ δὲ κρέα φάγῃ. 27 καὶ ποιήσεις τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματά σου· τὰ κρέα ἀνοίσεις ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, τὸ δὲ αἷμα τῶν θυσιῶν σου προσχεεῖς πρὸς τὴν βάσιν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, τὰ δὲ κρέα φαγῇ.
27 And you shall make your whole burnt offerings; the meat you will offer on the altar of your Lord God, but the blood of your sacrifices you will pour out at the base of the altar of your Lord God, but the meat you shall eat. 27 And you shall make your whole burnt offerings; the meat you will offer on the altar of your Lord God, but the blood of your sacrifices you will pour out at the base of the altar of your Lord God, but the meat you shall eat.

28 Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

שְׁמֹ֣ר וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֗ אֵ֚ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י מְצַוֶּ֑ךָּ לְמַעַן֩ יִיטַ֨ב לְךָ֜ וּלְבָנֶ֤יךָ אַחֲרֶ֙יךָ֙ עַד־עֹולָ֔ם כִּ֤י תַעֲשֶׂה֙ הַטֹּ֣וב וְהַיָּשָׁ֔ר בְּעֵינֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

28 φυλάσσου καὶ ἄκουε καὶ ποιήσεις πάντας τοὺς λόγους, οὓς ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοί ἵνα εὖ σοι, γένηται καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς σου δι’ αἰῶνος, ἐὰν ποιήσῃς τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὸ ἀρεστὸν ἐναντίον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου. 28 φυλάσσου καὶ ἄκουε καὶ ποιήσεις πάντας τοὺς λόγους, οὓς ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοι, ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς σου δι’ αἰῶνος, ἐὰν ποιήσῃς τὸ ἀρεστὸν καὶ τὸ καλὸν ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου.
28 Beware and hear, and you will do all the words that I command you so that it may go well with you and with your sons forever, if you do what is good and pleasing before your Lord God. 28 Beware and hear, and you will do all the words that I command you so that it may go well with you and with your sons forever, if you do what is good and pleasing before your Lord God.

29 When the LORD your God shall cut off the nations from before you, to which you go to possess them, and you succeed them, and dwells in their land;

כִּֽי־יַכְרִית֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ אֶת־הַגֹּויִ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֛מָּה לָרֶ֥שֶׁת אֹותָ֖ם מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ וְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ אֹתָ֔ם וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖ בְּאַרְצָֽם׃


30 Take heed to yourself that you isn’t snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before you; and that you inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֗ פֶּן־תִּנָּקֵשׁ֙ אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם אַחֲרֵ֖י הִשָּׁמְדָ֣ם מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ וּפֶן־תִּדְרֹ֨שׁ לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶ֜ם לֵאמֹ֨ר אֵיכָ֨ה יַעַבְד֜וּ הַגֹּויִ֤ם הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֶת־אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם וְאֶעֱשֶׂה־כֵּ֖ן גַּם־אָֽנִי׃

30 πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ μὴ ἐκζητήσῃς ἐπακολουθῆσαι αὐτοῖς μετὰ τὸ ἐξολεθρευθῆναι αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σου· οὐ μὴ ἐκζητήσῃς τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτῶν λέγων πῶς ποιοῦσιν τὰ ἔθνη ταῦτα τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν;
ποιήσω κἀγώ.
30 πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ, μὴ ἐκζητήσῃς ἐπακολουθῆσαι αὐτοῖς μετὰ τὸ ἐξολοθρευθῆναι αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σου λέγων· πῶς ποιοῦσι τὰ ἔθνη ταῦτα τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν, ποιήσω κἀγώ.
30 Be careful to yourself lest you seek to follow them, after they have been utterly destroyed from before you: you shall not seek their gods, saying, “How do these nations perform toward their gods? I will do the same.” 30 Be careful to yourself lest you seek to follow them, after they have been utterly destroyed from before you: you shall not seek their gods, saying, “How do these nations perform toward their gods? I will do the same.”

31 You shall not do so unto the LORD your God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hates, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burned in the fire to their gods.

לֹא־תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה כֵ֔ן לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ כִּי֩ כָּל־תֹּועֲבַ֨ת יְהוָ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׂנֵ֗א עָשׂוּ֙ לֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם כִּ֣י גַ֤ם אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם֙ וְאֶת־בְּנֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם יִשְׂרְפ֥וּ בָאֵ֖שׁ לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

31 οὐ ποιήσεις οὕτως κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σου· τὰ γὰρ βδελύγματα, κύριος ἐμίσησεν, ἐποίησαν τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν, ὅτι τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῶν κατακαίουσιν ἐν πυρὶ τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν. 31 οὐ ποιήσεις οὕτω τῷ Θεῷ σου· τὰ γὰρ βδελύγματα Κυρίου, ἐμίσησεν, ἐποίησαν ἐν τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν, ὅτι τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῶν κατακαίουσιν ἐν πυρὶ τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν.
31 You shall not do thus to your Lord God, for they do to their gods the abominations which the Lord hates because they burn their sons and their daughters in fire to their gods. 31 You shall not do thus to your Lord God, for they do to their gods the abominations which the Lord hates because they burn their sons and their daughters in fire to their gods.

32 [LXX=13:1] Whatever thing I command you, observe to do it: you shall not add to it, nor diminish from it.

ֵ֣ת כָּל־הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָנֹכִי֙ מְצַוֶּ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם אֹתֹ֥ו תִשְׁמְר֖וּ לַעֲשֹׂ֑ות לֹא־תֹסֵ֣ף עָלָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א תִגְרַ֖ע מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

32 [LXX=13:1] Πᾶν ῥῆμα, ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοί σήμερον, τοῦτο φυλάξῃ ποιεῖν· οὐ προσθήσεις ἐπ’ αὐτὸ οὐδὲ ἀφελεῖς ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ. 32 [LXX=13:1] πᾶν ῥῆμα ὃν ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν σήμερον, τοῦτο φυλάξῃ ποιεῖν· οὐ προσθήσεις ἐπ’ αὐτὸ οὐδὲ ἀφελεῖς ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ.
32 [LXX=13:1] Every word that I command you today, this you shall be careful to perform; you shall not add to it or take from it. 32 [LXX=13:1] Every word that I command you today, this you shall be careful to perform; you shall not add to it or take from it.

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Prepared by John Barach