CHAP. XII.
1 Places and monuments of idolatrie are to be de∣stroyed: 4 they may not doe so unto the Lord, but must seeke and keepe the place of his service, which be himselfe should chuse. 5 11 14 Thither all their sacrifices & holy things must be brought. 12 18 There they and their families, and the Levite, must eat and reioyce. 15 21 For civill use they might kill and eat within their gates. 16. 23 Bloud is forbidden to be eaten. 29 The manner of service which the Canaanites used, may not be inquired after, nor the like things done unto the Lord, but his commande∣ments only.
THese are the statutes and the judge∣ments [unspec 1] which ye shall observe to doe, in the land which Iehovah the God of thy fathers giveth unto thee, to possesse it all the dayes that ye live upon the earth. De∣stroying [unspec 2] ye shall destroy all the places where∣in the nations which ye shall possesse, served their gods, upon the high mountaines, and upon the hills, and under every greene tree. And ye shall breake downe their altars, and [unspec 3] breake their pillars, and burne their groves with fire; and ye shall hew downe the graven images of their gods, and ye shall destroy the names of them out of that place. Yee shall [unspec 4] [unspec 5] not doe so unto Iehovah your God. But unto the place which Iehovah your God shall chuse out of all your Tribes, to put his Name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seeke, and thither shalt thou come. And thither ye [unspec 6] shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sa∣crifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offe∣ring of your hand, and your vowes, and your voluntary offerings, and the firstlings of your herd, and of your flocke. And there ye shall [unspec 7] eat before Iehovah your God, and yee shall rejoyce in all that ye put your hand unto, you and your houses, wherein Iehovah thy God hath blessed thee. Yee shall not doe after all [unspec 8] things which we doe here this day, every man all that is right in his owne eyes. For yee are [unspec 9] not come as yet unto the rest and unto the in∣heritance which Iehovah thy God giveth un∣to thee. But ye shall passe over Iordan, and [unspec 10] dwell in the land which Iehovah your God giveth you to inherit, and he will give you rest from all your enemies round about, and yee shall dwell in consident safetie. And [unspec 11] there shall be a place which Iehovah your God shall chuse, to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall yee bring all that I com∣mand you, your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all the choise of your vowes which ye shall vow unto Iehovah. And yee [unspec 12] shall rejoyce before Iehovah your God; you, and your sonnes, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your women-ser∣vants, and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath no part nor inhe∣ritance with you. Take heed to thy selfe, lest [unspec 13] thou offer thy burnt-offerings in every place which thou shalt see. But in the place which [unspec 14] Iehovah shall chuse, in one of thy Tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt doe all that I command thee.
Notwithstanding, in all the desire of thy [unspec 15] soule, thou maist slay and eat flesh, according to the blessing of Iehovah thy God, which he hath given to thee in all thy gates: the un∣cleane and the cleane may eat thereof, as of the Roe-bucke, and as of the Hart. Onely [unspec 16] the bloud yee shall not eat, yee shall powre it upon the earth as water. Thou maist not eat [unspec 17] within thy gates, the tithe of thy corne, or of thy new wine, or of thine oile, or the firstlings of thy herd, or of thy flocke, or any of thy vowes which thou shalt vow, or thy voluntary