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Deuteronomy 12:5-18

5But unto the placeהַמָּק֞וֹםha.ma.KomH4725which the Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙'e.lo.hei.KhemH430shall chooseיִבְחַ֨רyiv.CharH977out of all your tribesשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֔םshiv.tei.KhemH7626to putלָשׂ֥וּםla.SumH7760his nameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034there, evenunto his habitationH7933shall ye seekתִדְרְשׁ֖וּtid.re.ShuH1875,and thither thou shalt comeוּבָ֥אתָu.Va.taH935:

6And thither ye shall bringוַהֲבֵאתֶ֣םva.ha.ve.TemH935your burnt offeringsעֹלֹֽתֵיכֶם֙'o.lo.tei.KhemH5930,and your sacrificesוְזִבְחֵיכֶ֔םve.ziv.chei.KhemH2077,and your tithesמַעְשְׂרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םma'.se.Ro.tei.KhemH4643,and heave offeringsתְּרוּמַ֣תte.ru.MatH8641of your handיֶדְכֶ֑םyed.KhemH3027,and your vowsוְנִדְרֵיכֶם֙ve.nid.rei.KhemH5088,and your freewill offeringsוְנִדְבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םve.nid.Vo.tei.KhemH5071,and the firstlingsH1062of your herdsבְּקַרְכֶ֖םbe.kar.KhemH1241and of your flocksוְצֹאנְכֶֽם׃ve.tzo.ne.KhemH6629:

7And there ye shall eatוַאֲכַלְתֶּם־va.'a.khal.tem-H398beforeלִפְנֵי֙lif.NeiH6440the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,and ye shall rejoiceוּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗םu.se.mach.TemH8055in all that ye putמִשְׁלַ֣חmish.LachH4916your handיֶדְכֶ֔םyed.KhemH3027unto, ye and your householdsוּבָתֵּיכֶ֑םu.va.tei.KhemH1004,wherein the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hath blessedבֵּֽרַכְךָ֖be.rakh.KhaH1288thee.

8Ye shall not doתַעֲשׂ֔וּןta.'a.SunH6213after all the thingsthat we doעֹשִׂ֛ים'o.SimH6213here this dayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117,every manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376whatsoever isrightהַיָּשָׁ֥רhai.ya.SharH3477in his own eyesבְּעֵינָֽיו׃be.'ei.NavH5869.

9For ye are not as yet comeבָּאתֶ֖םba.TemH935to the restהַמְּנוּחָה֙ha.me.nu.ChahH4496and to the inheritanceהַֽנַּחֲלָ֔הha.na.cha.LahH5159,which the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430givethנֹתֵ֥ןno.TenH5414you.

10But whenye go overוַעֲבַרְתֶּם֮va.'a.var.TemH5674Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּן֒hai.yar.DenH3383,and dwellוִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֣םvi.shav.TemH3427in the landבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776which the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430giveth you to inheritמַנְחִ֣ילman.ChilH5157, and whenhe giveth you restוְהֵנִ֨יחַve.he.Ni.achH5117from all your enemiesאֹיְבֵיכֶ֛ם'o.ye.vei.KhemH341round aboutמִסָּבִ֖יבmi.sa.VivH5439,so that ye dwellוִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־vi.shav.tem-H3427in safetyבֶּֽטַח׃Be.tachH983;

11Then there shall be a placeהַמָּק֗וֹםha.ma.KomH4725which the Lordיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֥ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430shall chooseיִבְחַר֩yiv.CharH977to cause his nameשְׁמוֹ֙she.MoH8034to dwellלְשַׁכֵּ֤ןle.sha.KenH7931there; thither shall ye bringתָבִ֔יאוּta.Vi.'uH935all that I commandמְצַוֶּ֣הme.tza.VehH6680you; your burnt offeringsעוֹלֹתֵיכֶ֣םo.lo.tei.KhemH5930,and your sacrificesוְזִבְחֵיכֶ֗םve.ziv.chei.KhemH2077,your tithesמַעְשְׂרֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ma'.se.ro.tei.KhemH4643,and the heave offeringוּתְרֻמַ֣תu.te.ru.MatH8641of your handיֶדְכֶ֔םyed.KhemH3027,and all your choiceמִבְחַ֣רmiv.CharH4005vowsנִדְרֵיכֶ֔םnid.rei.KhemH5088which ye vowתִּדְּר֖וּti.de.RuH5087unto the Lordלַֽיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068:

12And ye shall rejoiceוּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗םu.se.mach.TemH8055beforeלִפְנֵי֮lif.NeiH6440the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֒'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,ye, and your sonsוּבְנֵיכֶם֙u.ve.nei.KhemH1121,and your daughtersוּבְנֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םu.ve.No.tei.KhemH1323,and your menservantsוְעַבְדֵיכֶ֖םve.'av.dei.KhemH5650,and your maidservantsוְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶ֑םve.'am.ho.tei.KhemH519,and the Leviteוְהַלֵּוִי֙ve.ha.le.ViH3881that iswithin your gatesבְּשַֽׁעֲרֵיכֶ֔םbe.sha.'a.rei.KhemH8179;forasmuchכִּ֣יkiH3588as he hath no partחֵ֥לֶקChe.lekH2506nor inheritanceוְנַחֲלָ֖הve.na.cha.LahH5159with you.

13Take heedהִשָּׁ֣מֶרhi.Sha.merH8104to thyself that thou offerתַּעֲלֶ֖הta.'a.LehH5927not thy burnt offeringsעֹלֹתֶ֑יךָ'o.lo.Tei.khaH5930in every placeמָק֖וֹםma.KomH4725that thou seestתִּרְאֶֽה׃tir.'EhH7200:

14But in the placeבַּמָּק֞וֹםba.ma.KomH4725which the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068shall chooseיִבְחַ֤רyiv.CharH977in oneבְּאַחַ֣דbe.'a.ChadH259of thy tribesשְׁבָטֶ֔יךָshe.va.Tei.khaH7626,there thou shalt offerתַּעֲלֶ֣הta.'a.LehH5927thy burnt offeringsעֹלֹתֶ֑יךָ'o.lo.Tei.khaH5930,and there thou shalt doתַּעֲשֶׂ֔הta.'a.SehH6213all that I commandמְצַוֶּֽךָּ׃me.tza.Ve.kaH6680thee.

15Notwithstanding thou mayest killתִּזְבַּ֣ח׀tiz.BachH2076and eatוְאָכַלְתָּ֣ve.'a.khal.TaH398fleshבָשָׂ֗רva.SarH1320in all thy gatesשְׁעָרֶ֑יךָshe.'a.Rei.khaH8179,whatsoever thy soulנַפְשְׁךָ֜naf.she.KhaH5315lusteth afterאַוַּ֨ת'a.VatH185,according to the blessingכְּבִרְכַּ֨תke.vir.KatH1293of the Lordיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430which he hath givenנָֽתַן־na.tan-H5414thee: the uncleanהַטָּמֵ֤אha.ta.Me'H2931and the cleanוְהַטָּהוֹר֙ve.ha.ta.hOrH2889may eatיֹאכְלֶ֔נּוּyo.khe.Le.nuH398thereof, as of the roebuckכַּצְּבִ֖יka.tze.ViH6643,and as of the hartוְכָאַיָּֽל׃ve.kha.'ai.YalH354.

16Only ye shall not eatתֹאכֵ֑לוּto.Khe.luH398the bloodהַדָּ֖םha.DamH1818;ye shall pourתִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּtish.pe.Khe.nuH8210it upon the earthהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776as waterכַּמָּֽיִם׃ka.Ma.yimH4325.

17Thou mayestתוּכַ֞לtu.KhalH3201not eatלֶאֱכֹ֣לle.'e.KholH398within thy gatesבִּשְׁעָרֶ֗יךָbish.'a.Rei.khaH8179the titheמַעְשַׂ֤רma'.SarH4643of thy cornדְּגָֽנְךָ֙de.ga.ne.KhaH1715,or of thy wineוְתִֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ve.ti.ro.she.KhaH8492,or of thy oilוְיִצְהָרֶ֔ךָve.yitz.ha.Re.khaH3323,or the firstlingsH1062of thy herdsבְּקָרְךָ֖be.ka.re.ChaH1241or of thy flockוְצֹאנֶ֑ךָve.tzo.Ne.khaH6629,nor any of thy vowsנְדָרֶ֙יךָ֙ne.da.Rei.khaH5088which thou vowestתִּדֹּ֔רti.DorH5087,nor thy freewill offeringsוְנִדְבֹתֶ֖יךָve.nid.vo.Tei.khaH5071,or heave offeringוּתְרוּמַ֥תu.te.ru.MatH8641of thine handיָדֶֽךָ׃ya.De.khaH3027:

18But thou must eatתֹּאכְלֶ֗נּוּto.khe.Le.nuH398them beforeלִפְנֵי֩lif.NeiH6440the Lordיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430in the placeבַּמָּקוֹם֙ba.ma.kOmH4725which the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶיךָ֮'e.lo.hei.KhaH430shall chooseיִבְחַ֜רyiv.CharH977,thou, and thy sonוּבִנְךָ֤u.vin.KhaH1121,and thy daughterוּבִתֶּ֙ךָ֙u.vi.Te.khaH1323,and thy manservantוְעַבְדְּךָ֣ve.'av.de.KhaH5650,and thy maidservantוַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָva.'a.ma.Te.khaH519,and the Leviteוְהַלֵּוִ֖יve.ha.le.ViH3881that iswithin thy gatesבִּשְׁעָרֶ֑יךָbish.'a.Rei.khaH8179:and thou shalt rejoiceוְשָׂמַחְתָּ֗ve.sa.mach.TaH8055beforeלִפְנֵי֙lif.NeiH6440the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430in all that thou puttestמִשְׁלַ֥חmish.LachH4916thine handsיָדֶֽךָ׃ya.De.khaH3027unto.

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