Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 12:20-28

20When theLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֥יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallenlargeיַרְחִיב֩yar.ChivH7337thyborderגְּבֽוּלְךָ֮ge.vu.le.KhaH1366, as he hathpromisedדִּבֶּר־di.ber-H1696thee, and thou shaltsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֙ve.'a.mar.TaH559, I willeatאֹכְלָ֣ה'o.khe.LahH398fleshבָשָׂ֔רva.SarH1320,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588thysoulH5315desireth toeatלֶאֱכֹ֣לle.'e.KholH398fleshבָּשָׂ֑רba.SarH1320; thou mayesteatתֹּאכַ֥לto.KhalH398fleshבָּשָֽׂר׃ba.SarH1320,afterכִּֽי־ki-H3588allבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thedesireH5315of thysoulH5315.

21Ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588theplaceהַמָּק֗וֹםha.ma.KomH4725whichH834theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶיךָ֮'e.lo.hei.KhaH430shallchooseיִבְחַ֜רyiv.CharH977toputH5414hisnameשְׁמ֣וֹshe.MoH8034there betooH4480farיִרְחַ֨קyir.ChakH7368from thee, then thou shalt kill of thyherdמִבְּקָרְךָ֣mi.be.ka.re.ChaH1241and of thyflockוּמִצֹּֽאנְךָ֗u.mi.tzo.ne.KhaH6629,whichH834theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathgivenH5414thee, as I havecommandedצִוִּיתִ֑ךָtzi.vi.Ti.khaH6680thee, and thou shalteatוְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙ve.'a.khal.TaH398within thygatesבִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָbish.'a.Rei.khaH8179,afterH4480allבְּכֹ֖לbe.KholH3605thedesireH5315of thysoulH5315.

22EvenH3651as the gazelle and as the hart iseatenיֵאָכֵ֤לye.'a.KhelH398,soכֵּ֖ןkenH3651thou shalteatתֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּto.khe.Le.nuH398thereof: theuncleanהַטָּמֵא֙ha.ta.Me'H2931and thecleanוְהַטָּה֔וֹרve.ha.ta.HorH2889shalleatיֹאכְלֶֽנּוּ׃yo.khe.Le.nuH398thereofalikeיַחְדָּ֖וyach.DavH3162.

23Onlyרַ֣קrakH7535besureחֲזַ֗קcha.ZakH2388that thoueatאֲכֹ֣ל'a.KholH398notH3808thebloodהַדָּ֔םha.DamH1818: for thebloodהַדָּ֖םha.DamH1818is thelifeהַנָּ֑פֶשׁha.Na.feshH5315; and thou shaltnotH3808eatתֹאכַ֥לto.KhalH398thelifeהַנֶּ֖פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315with thefleshהַבָּשָֽׂר׃ha.ba.SarH1320.

24Thou shaltnotלֹ֖אlo'H3808eatתֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּto.khe.Le.nuH398it; thou shaltpourתִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּtish.pe.Khe.nuH8210itoutH8210uponעַל־'al-H5921theearthהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776aswaterכַּמָּֽיִם׃ka.Ma.yimH4325.

25Thou shaltnotלֹ֖אlo'H3808eatתֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּto.khe.Le.nuH398it; that it maygoיִיטַ֤בyi.TavH3190wellH3190with thee, and with thychildrenוּלְבָנֶ֣יךָu.le.va.Nei.khaH1121afterאַחֲרֶ֔יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaH310thee, when thou shaltdoתַעֲשֶׂ֥הta.'a.SehH6213thatwhichH5869isrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477in theeyesבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

26Onlyרַ֧קrakH7535thyholyקָֽדָשֶׁ֛יךָka.da.Shei.chaH6944thingswhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thou hast, and thyvowsוּנְדָרֶ֑יךָu.ne.da.Rei.khaH5088, thou shalttakeתִּשָּׂ֣אti.Sa'H5375, andgoוּבָ֔אתָu.Va.taH935unto theplaceהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068shallchooseיִבְחַ֥רyiv.CharH977:

27and thou shaltofferH2077thyburntעֹלֹתֶ֙יךָ֙'o.lo.Tei.khaH5930offeringsH3068, thefleshהַבָּשָׂ֣רha.ba.SarH1320and thebloodוְהַדָּ֔םve.ha.DamH1818,uponעַל־'al-H5921thealtarמִזְבַּ֖חmiz.BachH4196of theLORDH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430: and thebloodוְדַם־ve.dam-H1818of thysacrificesH2077shall bepouredיִשָּׁפֵךְ֙yi.sha.feKhH8210outH8210uponעַל־'al-H5921thealtarמִזְבַּח֙miz.BachH4196of theLORDH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, and thou shalteatתֹּאכֵֽל׃to.KhelH398thefleshוְהַבָּשָׂ֖רve.ha.ba.SarH1320.

28Observeשְׁמֹ֣רshe.MorH8104andhearוְשָׁמַעְתָּ֗ve.sha.ma'.TaH8085allכָּל־kol-H3605theseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697whichH834Icommandמְצַוֶּ֑ךָּme.tza.Ve.kaH6680thee, that it maygoיִיטַ֨בyi.TavH3190wellH3190with thee, and with thychildrenוּלְבָנֶ֤יךָu.le.va.Nei.khaH1121afterאַחֲרֶ֙יךָ֙'a.cha.Rei.khaH310thee foreverעוֹלָ֔םo.LamH5769, when thou doest thatwhichH834isgoodהַטּ֣וֹבha.TovH2896andrightוְהַיָּשָׁ֔רve.hai.ya.SharH3477in theeyesבְּעֵינֵ֖יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ ס'e.lo.Hei.khaH430.

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