TanakhML Project. Text Browser. Parallel

Deut 12:1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

’abbēḏ tə’abbəḏûn ’eṯ-kāl-hamməqōmôṯ ’ăšer ‘āḇəḏû-šām haggôyim ’ăšer ’attem yōrəšîm ’ōṯām ’eṯ-’ĕlōhêhem ‘al-hehārîm hārāmîm wə‘al-haggəḇā‘ôṯ wəṯaḥaṯ kāl-‘ēṣ ra‘ănān

Deut 12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

wənittaṣətem ’eṯ-mizəbəḥōṯām wəšibbarətem ’eṯ-maṣṣēḇōṯām wa’ăšērêhem tiśərəp̱ûn bā’ēš ûp̱əsîlê ’ĕlōhêhem təg̱addē‘ûn wə’ibbaḏətem ’eṯ-šəmām min-hammāqôm hahû’

Deut 12:3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

lō’-ṯa‘ăśûn kēn layhwāh ’ĕlōhêḵem

Deut 12:4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

kî ’im-’el-hammāqôm ’ăšer-yiḇəḥar yəhwāh ’ĕlōhêḵem mikkāl-šiḇəṭêḵem lāśûm ’eṯ-šəmô šām ləšiḵənô ṯiḏərəšû ûḇā’ṯā šāmmāh

Deut 12:5 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:

wahăḇē’ṯem šāmmāh ‘ōlōṯêḵem wəziḇəḥêḵem wə’ēṯ ma‘əśərōṯêḵem wə’ēṯ tərûmaṯ yeḏəḵem wəniḏərêḵem wəniḏəḇōṯêḵem ûḇəḵōrōṯ bəqarəḵem wəṣō’nəḵem

Deut 12:6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

wa’ăḵalətem-šām lip̱ənê yəhwāh ’ĕlōhêḵem ûśəmaḥətem bəḵōl mišəlaḥ yeḏəḵem ’attem ûḇāttêḵem ’ăšer bēraḵəḵā yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā

Deut 12:7 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.

lō’ ṯa‘ăśûn kəḵōl ’ăšer ’ănaḥənû ‘ōśîm pōh hayyôm ’îš kāl-hayyāšār bə‘ênāyw

Deut 12:8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

kî lō’-bā’ṯem ‘aḏ-‘āttāh ’el-hammənûḥāh wə’el-hannaḥălāh ’ăšer-yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā nōṯēn lāḵ

Deut 12:9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.

wa‘ăḇarətem ’eṯ-hayyarədēn wîšaḇətem bā’āreṣ ’ăšer-yəhwāh ’ĕlōhêḵem manəḥîl ’eṯəḵem wəhēnîaḥ lāḵem mikkāl-’ōyəḇêḵem missāḇîḇ wîšaḇətem-beṭaḥ

Deut 12:10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

wəhāyāh hammāqôm ’ăšer-yiḇəḥar yəhwāh ’ĕlōhêḵem bô ləšakkēn šəmô šām šāmmāh ṯāḇî’û ’ēṯ kāl-’ăšer ’ānōḵî məṣawweh ’eṯəḵem ‘ôlōṯêḵem wəziḇəḥêḵem ma‘əśərōṯêḵem ûṯərumaṯ yeḏəḵem wəḵōl miḇəḥar niḏərêḵem ’ăšer tiddərû layhwāh

Deut 12:11 Then there shall be a 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 heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

ûśəmaḥətem lip̱ənê yəhwāh ’ĕlōhêḵem ’attem ûḇənêḵem ûḇənōṯêḵem wə‘aḇəḏêḵem wə’aməhōṯêḵem wəhallēwî ’ăšer bəša‘ărêḵem kî ’ên lô ḥēleq wənaḥălāh ’ittəḵem

Deut 12:12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

hiššāmer ləḵā pen-ta‘ăleh ‘ōlōṯeyḵā bəḵāl-māqôm ’ăšer tirə’eh

Deut 12:13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:

kî ’im-bammāqôm ’ăšer-yiḇəḥar yəhwāh bə’aḥaḏ šəḇāṭeyḵā šām ta‘ăleh ‘ōlōṯeyḵā wəšām ta‘ăśeh kōl ’ăšer ’ānōḵî məṣawwekkā

Deut 12:14 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.

raq bəḵāl-’awwaṯ nap̱əšəḵā tizəbaḥ wə’āḵalətā ḇāśār kəḇirəkaṯ yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā ’ăšer nāṯan-ləḵā bəḵāl-šə‘āreyḵā haṭṭāmē’ wəhaṭṭāhôr yō’ḵəlennû kaṣṣəḇî wəḵā’ayyāl

Deut 12:15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, 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 roebuck, and as of the hart.

raq haddām lō’ ṯō’ḵēlû ‘al-hā’āreṣ tišəpəḵennû kammāyim

Deut 12:16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

lō’-ṯûḵal le’ĕḵōl bišə‘āreyḵā ma‘əśar dəg̱ānəḵā wəṯîrōšəḵā wəyiṣəhāreḵā ûḇəḵōrōṯ bəqārəḵā wəṣō’neḵā wəḵāl-nəḏāreyḵā ’ăšer tiddōr wəniḏəḇōṯeyḵā ûṯərûmaṯ yāḏeḵā

Deut 12:17 Thou mayest 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 vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

kî ’im-lip̱ənê yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā tō’ḵəlennû bammāqôm ’ăšer yiḇəḥar yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā bô ’attāh ûḇinəḵā ûḇitteḵā wə‘aḇədəḵā wa’ămāṯeḵā wəhallēwî ’ăšer bišə‘āreyḵā wəśāmaḥətā lip̱ənê yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā bəḵōl mišəlaḥ yāḏeḵā

Deut 12:18 But thou must 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 manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

hiššāmer ləḵā pen-ta‘ăzōḇ ’eṯ-hallēwî kāl-yāmeyḵā ‘al-’aḏəmāṯeḵā

Deut 12:19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

kî-yarəḥîḇ yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā ’eṯ-gəḇûləḵā ka’ăšer dibber-lāḵ wə’āmarətā ’ōḵəlāh ḇāśār kî-ṯə’awweh nap̱əšəḵā le’ĕḵōl bāśār bəḵāl-’awwaṯ nap̱əšəḵā tō’ḵal bāśār

Deut 12:20 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 longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

kî-yirəḥaq mimməḵā hammāqôm ’ăšer yiḇəḥar yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā lāśûm šəmô šām wəzāḇaḥətā mibbəqārəḵā ûmiṣṣō’nəḵā ’ăšer nāṯan yəhwāh ləḵā ka’ăšer ṣiwwîṯiḵā wə’āḵalətā bišə‘āreyḵā bəḵōl ’awwaṯ nap̱əšeḵā

Deut 12:21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen 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 in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

’aḵ ka’ăšer yē’āḵēl ’eṯ-haṣṣəḇî wə’eṯ-hā’ayyāl kēn tō’ḵəlennû haṭṭāmē’ wəhaṭṭāhôr yaḥədāw yō’ḵəlennû

Deut 12:22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

raq ḥăzaq ləḇilətî ’ăḵōl haddām kî haddām hû’ hannāp̱eš wəlō’-ṯō’ḵal hannep̱eš ‘im-habbāśār

Deut 12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

lō’ tō’ḵəlennû ‘al-hā’āreṣ tišəpəḵennû kammāyim

Deut 12:24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

lō’ tō’ḵəlennû ləma‘an yîṭaḇ ləḵā ûləḇāneyḵā ’aḥăreyḵā kî-ṯa‘ăśeh hayyāšār bə‘ênê yəhwāh

Deut 12:25 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 sight of the LORD.

raq qāḏāšeyḵā ’ăšer-yihəyû ləḵā ûnəḏāreyḵā tiśśā’ ûḇā’ṯā ’el-hammāqôm ’ăšer-yiḇəḥar yəhwāh

Deut 12:26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:

wə‘āśîṯā ‘ōlōṯeyḵā habbāśār wəhaddām ‘al-mizəbaḥ yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā wəḏam-zəḇāḥeyḵā yiššāp̱ēḵ ‘al-mizəbaḥ yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā wəhabbāśār tō’ḵēl

Deut 12:27 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 upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.

šəmōr wəšāma‘ətā ’ēṯ kāl-haddəḇārîm hā’ēlleh ’ăšer ’ānōḵî məṣawwekkā ləma‘an yîṭaḇ ləḵā ûləḇāneyḵā ’aḥăreyḵā ‘aḏ-‘ôlām kî ṯa‘ăśeh haṭṭôḇ wəhayyāšār bə‘ênê yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā

Deut 12:28 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 sight of the LORD thy God.

kî-yaḵərîṯ yəhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā ’eṯ-haggôyim ’ăšer ’attāh ḇā’-šāmmāh lārešeṯ ’ôṯām mippāneyḵā wəyārašətā ’ōṯām wəyāšaḇətā bə’arəṣām

Deut 12:29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;

hiššāmer hiššāmer ləḵā ləḵā pen-pen-tinnāqēš tinnāqēš ’aḥărêhem ’aḥărêhem ’aḥărê ’aḥărê hiššāməḏām hiššāməḏām mippāneyḵā mippāneyḵā ûp̱en-ûp̱en-tiḏərōš tiḏərōš lē’lōhêhem lē’lōhêhem lē’mōr haggôyim ’êḵāh hā’ēlleh ya‘aḇəḏû ’eṯ-haggôyim ’ĕlōhêhem wə’e‘ĕśeh-hā’ēlleh kēn ’eṯ-gam-’ĕlōhêhem wə’e‘ĕśeh-’ānî kēn gam-’ānî

Deut 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

lō’-ṯa‘ăśeh ḵēn layhwāh ’ĕlōheyḵā kî kāl-tô‘ăḇaṯ yəhwāh ’ăšer śānē’ ‘āśû lē’lōhêhem kî g̱am ’eṯ-bənêhem wə’eṯ-bənōṯêhem yiśərəp̱û ḇā’ēš lē’lōhêhem

Deut 12:31 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 they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

Unless otherwise specified, all content on this website is licensed under a

Hosted by the "Targoum" Project (Françoise-Anne Ménager, Emmanuel Dyan, Marc-Alain Ouaknin) | Registered with

TanakhML is a non-profit, self-financing project

You can help it by making a donation