Study Desk

Then the Lord sent you away from Kadesh Barnea and said, "Go up and take the land I have given you." But you rejected the command of the Lord your God. You did not trust him or obey him.

But they are your people, Lord , your own people, whom you brought out of Egypt with your great power and strength."

But the Lord cared for and loved your ancestors, and he chose you, their descendants, over all the other nations, just as it is today.

But the land that you will soon cross the Jordan River to take is a land of hills and valleys, a land that drinks rain from heaven.

But you will be cursed if you disobey the commands of the Lord your God. So do not disobey the commands I am giving you today, and do not worship other gods you do not know.

but look for the place the Lord your God will choose—a place among your tribes where he is to be worshiped. Go there,

But soon you will cross the Jordan River to live in the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own, where he will give you rest from all your enemies and you will live in safety.

But you may kill your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were a deer or a gazelle; this is the blessing the Lord your God is giving you. Anyone, clean or unclean, may eat this meat,

but do not eat the blood. Pour it out on the ground like water.

but be sure you don't eat the blood, because the life is in the blood. Don't eat the life with the meat.

Don't eat the blood, but pour it out on the ground like water.

Present your burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord your God, both the meat and the blood. The blood of your sacrifices should be poured beside the altar of the Lord your God, but you may eat the meat.

they will be destroyed for you, but be careful not to be trapped by asking about their gods. Don't say, "How do these nations worship? I will do the same."

But you must not listen to those prophets or dreamers. The Lord your God is testing you, to find out if you love him with your whole being.

but you may not eat camels, rabbits, or rock badgers. These animals chew the cud, but they do not have split hoofs, so they are unclean for you.

Pigs are also unclean for you; they have split hoofs, but they do not chew the cud. Do not eat their meat or touch their dead bodies.

but do not eat anything that does not have fins and scales. It is unclean for you.

But do not eat these birds: eagles, vultures, black vultures,

Do not eat anything you find that is already dead. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. But you are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. Do not cook a baby goat in its mother's milk.

But if the place the Lord will choose to be worshiped is too far away and he has blessed you so much you cannot carry a tenth,