Revised Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 12:20-28

20When Yhwhיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֥יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shall enlargeיַרְחִיב֩yar.ChivH7337thy borderגְּבֽוּלְךָ֮ge.vu.le.KhaH1366,as he hath promisedדִּבֶּר־di.ber-H1696thee, and thou shalt sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֙ve.'a.mar.TaH559,I will eatאֹכְלָ֣ה'o.khe.LahH398fleshבָשָׂ֔רva.SarH1320,because thy soulנַפְשְׁךָ֖naf.she.KhaH5315longethתְאַוֶּ֥הte.'a.VehH183to eatלֶאֱכֹ֣לle.'e.KholH398fleshבָּשָׂ֑רba.SarH1320;thou mayest eatתֹּאכַ֥לto.KhalH398fleshבָּשָֽׂר׃ba.SarH1320,whatsoever thy soulנַפְשְׁךָ֖naf.she.KhaH5315desiresאַוַּ֥ת'a.VatH185.

21If the placeהַמָּק֗וֹםha.ma.KomH4725which Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶיךָ֮'e.lo.hei.KhaH430hath chosenיִבְחַ֜רyiv.CharH977to putלָשׂ֣וּםla.SumH7760his nameשְׁמ֣וֹshe.MoH8034there be too farיִרְחַ֨קyir.ChakH7368from thee, then thou shalt killוְזָבַחְתָּ֞ve.za.vach.TaH2076of thy herdמִבְּקָרְךָ֣mi.be.ka.re.ChaH1241and of thy flockוּמִצֹּֽאנְךָ֗u.mi.tzo.ne.KhaH6629,which Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hath givenנָתַ֤ןna.TanH5414thee, as I have commandedצִוִּיתִ֑ךָtzi.vi.Ti.khaH6680thee, and thou shalt eatוְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙ve.'a.khal.TaH398in thy gatesבִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָbish.'a.Rei.khaH8179whatsoever thy soulנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khaH5315desiresאַוַּ֥ת'a.VatH185.

22Even as the roebuckהַצְּבִי֙ha.tze.ViH6643and the hartהָ֣אַיָּ֔לha.'ai.YalH354is eatenיֵאָכֵ֤לye.'a.KhelH398,so thou shalt eatתֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּto.khe.Le.nuH398them: the uncleanהַטָּמֵא֙ha.ta.Me'H2931and the cleanוְהַטָּה֔וֹרve.ha.ta.HorH2889shall eatיֹאכְלֶֽנּוּ׃yo.khe.Le.nuH398ofthem alikeיַחְדָּ֖וyach.DavH3162.

23Only be sureחֲזַ֗קcha.ZakH2388that thou eatאֲכֹ֣ל'a.KholH398not the bloodהַדָּ֔םha.DamH1818:for the bloodהַדָּ֖םha.DamH1818isthe lifeהַנָּ֑פֶשׁha.Na.feshH5315;and thou mayest not eatתֹאכַ֥לto.KhalH398the lifeהַנֶּ֖פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315with the fleshהַבָּשָֽׂר׃ha.ba.SarH1320.

24Thou shalt not eatתֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּto.khe.Le.nuH398it; thou shalt pourתִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּtish.pe.Khe.nuH8210it upon the earthהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776as waterכַּמָּֽיִם׃ka.Ma.yimH4325.

25Thou shalt not eatתֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּto.khe.Le.nuH398it; that it may go wellיִיטַ֤בyi.TavH3190with thee, and with thy childrenוּלְבָנֶ֣יךָu.le.va.Nei.khaH1121afterאַחֲרֶ֔יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaH310thee, when thou shalt doתַעֲשֶׂ֥הta.'a.SehH6213that which isrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

26Only thy holy thingsקָֽדָשֶׁ֛יךָka.da.Shei.chaH6944which thou hast, and thy vowsוּנְדָרֶ֑יךָu.ne.da.Rei.khaH5088,thou shalt takeתִּשָּׂ֣אti.Sa'H5375,and goוּבָ֔אתָu.Va.taH935unto the placeהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725which Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068shall chooseיִבְחַ֥רyiv.CharH977:

27And thou shalt offerוְעָשִׂ֤יתָve.'a.Si.taH6213thy burnt offeringsעֹלֹתֶ֙יךָ֙'o.lo.Tei.khaH5930,the fleshהַבָּשָׂ֣רha.ba.SarH1320and the bloodוְהַדָּ֔םve.ha.DamH1818,upon the altarמִזְבַּ֖חmiz.BachH4196of Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430:and the bloodוְדַם־ve.dam-H1818of thy sacrificesזְבָחֶ֗יךָze.va.Chei.khaH2077shall be poured outיִשָּׁפֵךְ֙yi.sha.feKhH8210upon the altarמִזְבַּח֙miz.BachH4196of Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,and thou shalt eatתֹּאכֵֽל׃to.KhelH398the fleshוְהַבָּשָׂ֖רve.ha.ba.SarH1320.

28Observeשְׁמֹ֣רshe.MorH8104and hearוְשָׁמַעְתָּ֗ve.sha.ma'.TaH8085all these wordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697which I commandמְצַוֶּ֑ךָּme.tza.Ve.kaH6680thee, that it may go wellיִיטַ֨בyi.TavH3190with thee, and with thy childrenוּלְבָנֶ֤יךָu.le.va.Nei.khaH1121afterאַחֲרֶ֙יךָ֙'a.cha.Rei.khaH310thee forעַד־'ad-H5704everעוֹלָ֔םo.LamH5769,when thou doestתַעֲשֶׂה֙ta.'a.SehH6213that which isgoodהַטּ֣וֹבha.TovH2896and rightוְהַיָּשָׁ֔רve.hai.ya.SharH3477in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֖יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ ס'e.lo.Hei.khaH430.

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