1These are the statutes and the ordinances which ye shall observe to do in the land which Jehovah , the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it , all the days that ye live upon the earth. 2Ye shall surely destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains , and upon the hills , and under every green tree : 3and ye shall break down their altars , and dash in pieces their pillars , and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place . 4Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God . 5But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes , to put his name there , even unto his habitation shall ye seek , and thither thou shalt come; 6and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices , and your tithes , and the heave-offering of your hand , and your vows , and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock : 7and there ye shall eat before Jehovah your God , and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto , ye and your households , wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee . 8Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day , every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes ; 9for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance , which Jehovah thy God giveth thee . 10But when ye go over the Jordan , and dwell in the land which Jehovah your God causeth you to inherit , and he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about , so that ye dwell in safety; 11then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God 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 Jehovah . 12And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God , ye , and your sons , and your daughters , and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is within your gates , forasmuch as he hath no portion nor inheritance with you . 13Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest ; 14but in the place which Jehovah shall choose in one of thy tribes , there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee .
Regulations for Sacrifices
15Notwithstanding , thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates , after all the desire of thy soul , according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee : the unclean and the clean may eat thereof , as of the gazelle , and as of the hart. 16Only ye shall not eat the blood ; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water . 17Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy grain , or of thy new wine , or of thine oil , or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock , nor any of thy vows which thou vowest , nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand ; 18but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou , and thy son , and thy daughter , and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates : and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto . 19Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest in thy land. 20When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border , as he hath promised thee , and thou shalt say , I will eat flesh , because thy soul desireth to eat flesh ; thou mayest eat flesh , after all the desire of thy soul . 21If the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to put his name there , be too far from thee , then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock , which Jehovah hath given thee , as I have commanded thee ; and thou mayest eat within thy gates , after all the desire of thy soul . 22Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof : the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike . 23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood : for the blood is the life ; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh . 24Thou shalt not eat it ; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water . 25Thou 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 eyes of Jehovah . 26Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows , thou shalt take , and go unto the place which Jehovah shall choose; 27and thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood , upon the altar of Jehovah thy God ; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of Jehovah thy God ; and thou shalt eat the flesh .
Prohibition of Idolatry
28Observe 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 eyes of Jehovah thy God . 29When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee , whither thou goest in to dispossess them , and thou dispossessest them , and dwellest in their land ; 30take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them , after that they are destroyed from before thee ; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise . 31Thou shalt not do so unto Jehovah thy God : for every abomination to Jehovah , which he hateth , have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods. 32What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.