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Complete Jewish Bible
Deuteronomy 12:32
Here are the laws and rulings you are to observe and obey in the land Adonai , the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess as long as you live on earth. You must destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing served their gods, whether on high mountains, on hills, or under some leafy tree. Break down their altars, smash their standing-stones to pieces, burn up their sacred poles completely and cut down the carved images of their gods. Exterminate their name from that place. "But you are not to treat Adonai your God this way. Rather, you are to come to the place where Adonai your God will put his name. He will choose it from all your tribes; and you will seek out that place, which is where he will live, and go there. You will bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tenths [that you set aside for Adonai ], the offerings that you give, the offerings you have vowed, your voluntary offerings, and the firstborn of your cattle and sheep. There you will eat in the presence of Adonai your God; and you will rejoice over everything you set out to do, you and your households, in which Adonai your God has blessed you. You will not do things the way we do them here today, where everyone does whatever in his own opinion seems right; because you haven't yet arrived at the rest and inheritance which Adonai your God is giving you. But when you cross the Yarden and live in the land Adonai your God is having you inherit, and he gives you rest from all your surrounding enemies, so that you are living in safety; (ii) then you will bring all that I am ordering you to the place Adonai your God chooses to have his name live — your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tenths, the offering from your hand, and all your best possessions that you dedicate to Adonai ; and you will rejoice in the presence of Adonai your God — you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves and the Levi staying with you, inasmuch as he has no share or inheritance with you. "Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings just anywhere you see, but do it in the place Adonai will choose in one of your tribal territories; there is where you are to offer your burnt offerings and do everything I order you to do. However, you may slaughter and eat meat wherever you live and whenever you want, in keeping with the degree to which Adonai your God has blessed you. The unclean and the clean may eat it, as if it were gazelle or deer. But don't eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water. "You are not to eat on your own property the tenth of your grain, new wine or olive oil [that you set aside for Adonai ], or the firstborn of your cattle or sheep, or any offering you have vowed, or your voluntary offering, or the offering from your hand. No, you are to eat these in the presence of Adonai your God in the place Adonai your God will choose — you and your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, and the Levi who is your guest; and you are to rejoice before Adonai your God in everything you undertake to do. As long as you are living on your property, take care not to abandon the Levi. "When Adonai your God expands your territory, as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I want to eat meat,' simply because you want to eat meat, then you may eat meat, as much as you want. If the place which Adonai your God chooses to place his name is too far away from you; then you are to slaughter animals from your cattle or sheep, which Adonai has given you; and eat on your own property, as much as you want. Eat it as you would gazelle or deer; the unclean and clean alike may eat it. Just take care not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you are not to eat the life with the meat. Don't eat it, but pour it out on the ground like water. Do not eat it, so that things will go well with you and with your children after you, as you do what Adonai sees as right. Only the things set aside for God which you have, and the vows you have vowed to make, you must take and go to the place which Adonai will choose. There you will offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of Adonai your God. The blood of your sacrifices is to be poured out on the altar of Adonai your God, and you will eat the meat. Obey and pay attention to everything I am ordering you to do, so that things will go well with you and with your descendants after you forever, as you do what Adonai sees as good and right. (iii) "When Adonai your God has cut off ahead of you the nations you are entering in order to dispossess, and when you have dispossessed them and are living in their land; be careful, after they have been destroyed ahead of you, not to be trapped into following them; so that you inquire after their gods and ask, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I want to do the same.' You must not do this to Adonai your God! For they have done to their gods all the abominations that Adonai hates! They even burn up their sons and daughters in the fire for their gods!
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Christian Standard Bible®
Be careful to do everything I command you; do not add anything to it or take anything away from it.
Be careful to do everything I command you; do not add anything to it or take anything away from it.
Hebrew Names Version
Whatever thing I command you, that shall you observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Whatever thing I command you, that shall you observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
King James Version
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Lexham English Bible
All of the things that I am commanding you, you must diligently observe; you shall not add to it, and you shall not take away from it."
All of the things that I am commanding you, you must diligently observe; you shall not add to it, and you shall not take away from it."
English Standard Version
"Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.
"Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.
New Century Version
Be sure to do everything I have commanded you. Do not add anything to it, and do not take anything away from it.
Be sure to do everything I have commanded you. Do not add anything to it, and do not take anything away from it.
New English Translation
You must be careful to do everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or subtract from it!
You must be careful to do everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or subtract from it!
Amplified Bible
"Everything I command you, you shall be careful to do it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
"Everything I command you, you shall be careful to do it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
New American Standard Bible
"Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take anything away from it.
"Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take anything away from it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore whatsoeuer I command you, take heede you doe it: thou shalt put nothing thereto, nor take ought therefrom.
Therefore whatsoeuer I command you, take heede you doe it: thou shalt put nothing thereto, nor take ought therefrom.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Whatever I am commanding you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it.
"Whatever I am commanding you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it.
Contemporary English Version
Obey all the laws and teachings I am giving you. Don't add any, and don't take any away.
Obey all the laws and teachings I am giving you. Don't add any, and don't take any away.
Darby Translation
Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it.
Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it.
Easy-to-Read Version
"You must be careful to do everything I command you. Don't add anything to what I tell you, and don't take anything away.
"You must be careful to do everything I command you. Don't add anything to what I tell you, and don't take anything away.
George Lamsa Translation
Everything that I command you, that you must be careful to do; you shall not add nor take from it.
Everything that I command you, that you must be careful to do; you shall not add nor take from it.
Good News Translation
"Do everything that I have commanded you; do not add anything to it or take anything from it.
"Do everything that I have commanded you; do not add anything to it or take anything from it.
Literal Translation
All the things that I command you, take heed to do them and you shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
All the things that I command you, take heed to do them and you shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All that I commaunde you, shal ye kepe, that ye do therafter. Ye shal put nothinge therto, ner take ought there from.
All that I commaunde you, shal ye kepe, that ye do therafter. Ye shal put nothinge therto, ner take ought there from.
American Standard Version
What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Bible in Basic English
You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.
You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For they haue burned both their sonnes and their daughters with fire before their gods. Therefore whatsoeuer I commaunde you, take heede ye do it: and put thou naught therto, nor take ought therefrom.
For they haue burned both their sonnes and their daughters with fire before their gods. Therefore whatsoeuer I commaunde you, take heede ye do it: and put thou naught therto, nor take ought therefrom.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="deu.12.1" class="versetxt"> These are the statutes and the ordinances, which ye shall observe to do in the land which the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. Ye shall surely destroy all the places, wherein the nations that ye are to dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every leafy tree. And 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. Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. But unto the place which the LORD 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; and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock; and there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes; for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth thee. But when ye go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God causeth you to inherit, and He giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; then it shall come to pass that the place which the LORD 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 offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD. And ye shall rejoice before the LORD 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. Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest; but in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart. Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy 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 offering of thy hand; but thou shalt eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD 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 the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto. Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land. When the LORD 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. If the place which the LORD 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 the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul. Howbeit as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike. Only be stedfast in not eating the blood; for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh. Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. Thou 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 the LORD. Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose; and thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out against the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. Observe 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 the LORD thy God. When the LORD 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; take 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 used these nations to serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.' Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God; for every abomination to the LORD, 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.
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="deu.12.1" class="versetxt"> These are the statutes and the ordinances, which ye shall observe to do in the land which the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. Ye shall surely destroy all the places, wherein the nations that ye are to dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every leafy tree. And 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. Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. But unto the place which the LORD 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; and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock; and there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes; for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth thee. But when ye go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God causeth you to inherit, and He giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; then it shall come to pass that the place which the LORD 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 offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD. And ye shall rejoice before the LORD 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. Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest; but in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart. Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy 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 offering of thy hand; but thou shalt eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD 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 the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto. Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land. When the LORD 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. If the place which the LORD 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 the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul. Howbeit as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike. Only be stedfast in not eating the blood; for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh. Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. Thou 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 the LORD. Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose; and thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out against the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. Observe 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 the LORD thy God. When the LORD 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; take 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 used these nations to serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.' Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God; for every abomination to the LORD, 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.
King James Version (1611)
What thing soeuer I command you, obserue to doe it: thou shalt not adde thereto, nor diminish from it.
What thing soeuer I command you, obserue to doe it: thou shalt not adde thereto, nor diminish from it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Every word that I command you this day, it shalt thou observe to do: thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it.
Every word that I command you this day, it shalt thou observe to do: thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it.
English Revised Version
What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Berean Standard Bible
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Do thou to the Lord this thing oneli which Y comaunde to thee, nethir adde thou ony thing, nether abate.
Do thou to the Lord this thing oneli which Y comaunde to thee, nethir adde thou ony thing, nether abate.
Young's Literal Translation
The whole thing which I am commanding you -- it ye observe to do; thou dost not add unto it, nor diminish from it.
The whole thing which I am commanding you -- it ye observe to do; thou dost not add unto it, nor diminish from it.
Update Bible Version
Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Webster's Bible Translation
Whatever thing I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it.
Whatever thing I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it.
World English Bible
Whatever thing I command you, that shall you observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Whatever thing I command you, that shall you observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
New King James Version
"Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
"Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
New Living Translation
"So be careful to obey all the commands I give you. You must not add anything to them or subtract anything from them.
"So be careful to obey all the commands I give you. You must not add anything to them or subtract anything from them.
New Life Bible
"Be careful to do whatever I tell you. Do not add to it or take away from it.
"Be careful to do whatever I tell you. Do not add to it or take away from it.
New Revised Standard
You must diligently observe everything that I command you; do not add to it or take anything from it.
You must diligently observe everything that I command you; do not add to it or take anything from it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Whatsoever be the thing which I am commanding you, the same, shall ye observe to do, - thou shalt neither add thereunto, nor take away therefrom.
Whatsoever be the thing which I am commanding you, the same, shall ye observe to do, - thou shalt neither add thereunto, nor take away therefrom.
Douay-Rheims Bible
What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.
What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.
Revised Standard Version
"Everything that I command you you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to it or take from it.
"Everything that I command you you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to it or take from it.
THE MESSAGE
Diligently do everything I command you, the way I command you: don't add to it; don't subtract from it.
Diligently do everything I command you, the way I command you: don't add to it; don't subtract from it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it.
"Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it.
Contextual Overview
5 Rather, you are to come to the place where Adonai your God will put his name. He will choose it from all your tribes; and you will seek out that place, which is where he will live, and go there. 6 You will bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tenths [that you set aside for Adonai ], the offerings that you give, the offerings you have vowed, your voluntary offerings, and the firstborn of your cattle and sheep. 7 There you will eat in the presence of Adonai your God; and you will rejoice over everything you set out to do, you and your households, in which Adonai your God has blessed you. 8 You will not do things the way we do them here today, where everyone does whatever in his own opinion seems right; 9 because you haven't yet arrived at the rest and inheritance which Adonai your God is giving you. 10 But when you cross the Yarden and live in the land Adonai your God is having you inherit, and he gives you rest from all your surrounding enemies, so that you are living in safety; 11 (ii) then you will bring all that I am ordering you to the place Adonai your God chooses to have his name live — your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tenths, the offering from your hand, and all your best possessions that you dedicate to Adonai ; 12 and you will rejoice in the presence of Adonai your God — you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves and the Levi staying with you, inasmuch as he has no share or inheritance with you. 13 "Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings just anywhere you see, 14 but do it in the place Adonai will choose in one of your tribal territories; there is where you are to offer your burnt offerings and do everything I order you to do.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thou shalt not: Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 13:18, Joshua 1:7, Proverbs 30:6, Matthew 28:20, Revelation 22:18, Revelation 22:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 6:22 - General Genesis 21:4 - General Exodus 12:50 - as the Lord Exodus 34:11 - Observe Exodus 35:29 - the Lord Exodus 39:32 - according Exodus 39:42 - according Exodus 40:16 - according Leviticus 8:4 - General Leviticus 8:36 - Aaron Leviticus 10:1 - which Leviticus 18:26 - keep Numbers 1:54 - General Deuteronomy 1:18 - General Deuteronomy 5:32 - ye shall not Deuteronomy 11:32 - General Deuteronomy 17:20 - he turn Deuteronomy 19:9 - If thou shalt Deuteronomy 26:16 - This day Joshua 11:15 - he left nothing Joshua 23:6 - that ye Judges 13:14 - all that I 2 Kings 17:37 - the statutes 2 Chronicles 30:5 - for they Psalms 119:4 - General Proverbs 4:27 - Turn Jeremiah 11:7 - in the Jeremiah 26:2 - diminish Ezekiel 20:19 - walk Ezekiel 44:5 - concerning Matthew 5:19 - these Matthew 15:9 - teaching Mark 7:7 - the commandments Luke 2:39 - performed Galatians 1:9 - than 1 John 5:17 - all
Gill's Notes on the Bible
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it,.... In the manner it is commanded and directed to; the laws of God, both as to matter and manner, were to be obeyed just as they were delivered: thou shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it; neither add any customs and rites of the Heathens to them, nor neglect anything enjoined on them, see Proverbs 30:6.
