These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shallobserve to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathersgiveththee to possess it, all the daysthat ye liveupon the earth.
Ye shallutterlydestroy all the places, wherein the nationswhich ye shallpossessservedtheirgods, upon the highmountains, and upon the hills, and undereverygreentree:
And ye shalloverthrowtheiraltars, and breaktheirpillars, and burntheirgroveswithfire; and ye shall hew down the gravenimages of theirgods, and destroy the names of them out of thatplace.
But unto the placewhich the LORDyour God shallchoose out of all yourtribes to put his namethere, evenunto his habitationshall ye seek, and thitherthoushaltcome:
And thither ye shallbringyourburntofferings, and yoursacrifices, and yourtithes, and heaveofferings of yourhand, and yourvows, and yourfreewillofferings, and the firstlings of yourherds and of yourflocks:
And there ye shall eat before the LORDyour God, and ye shallrejoice in all that ye put yourhandunto, ye and yourhouseholds, wherein the LORD thy God hathblessedthee.
But when ye go overJordan, and dwell in the landwhich the LORDyour God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you restfrom all yourenemiesroundabout, so that ye dwell in safety;
Thenthereshall be a placewhich the LORDyour God shallchoose to cause his name to dwellthere; thithershall ye bring all that I command you; yourburntofferings, and yoursacrifices, yourtithes, and the heaveoffering of yourhand, and all yourchoicevowswhich ye vow unto the LORD:
And ye shallrejoicebefore the LORDyour God, ye, and yoursons, and yourdaughters, and yourmenservants, and yourmaidservants, and the Levitethat is withinyourgates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritancewith you.
Notwithstandingthoumayestkill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soullustethafter, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hathgiventhee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
Thoumayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vowswhichthouvowest, nor thy freewillofferings, or heaveoffering of thinehand:
But thoumust eat thembefore the LORD thy God in the placewhich the LORD thy God shallchoose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levitethat is within thy gates: and thoushaltrejoicebefore the LORD thy God in all thatthouputtestthinehandsunto.
When the LORD thy God shallenlarge thy border, as he hathpromisedthee, and thoushalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soullongeth to eat flesh; thoumayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soullustethafter.
If the placewhich the LORD thy God hathchosen to put his namethere be too far fromthee, thenthoushaltkill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORDhathgiventhee, as I havecommandedthee, and thoushalt eat in thy gateswhatsoever thy soullustethafter.
And thoushaltoffer thy burntofferings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrificesshall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thoushalt eat the flesh.
Observe and hear all thesewordswhich I commandthee, that it may go wellwiththee, and with thy childrenafterthee for ever, whenthoudoestthatwhich is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
Takeheed to thyselfthatthou be not snared by followingthem, afterthatthey be destroyedfrombeforethee; and thatthouenquire not aftertheirgods, saying, How did thesenationsservetheirgods? even so will I do likewise.
Thoushalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for everyabomination to the LORD, which he hateth, havetheydoneuntotheirgods; for eventheirsons and theirdaughterstheyhaveburnt in the fire to theirgods.