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. 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: 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. 4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
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: 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: 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. 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you. 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; 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: 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. 13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: 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. 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. 16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
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: 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. 19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
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. 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. 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. 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. 24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. 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. 26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: 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. 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.
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; 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. 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. 32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Vieta, kur kalpot Dievam
1 Šie ir likumi un tiesas, kas jums jāpilda zemē, ko Kungs, jūsu Dievs, dod jums iemantot, – visas dienas, ko jūs dzīvojat tajā zemē. 2 Postīt nopostiet visas vietas, kur tās tautas, ko jūs padzināt, kalpojušas saviem dieviem – kalnos, augstienēs un zem katra zaļoksna koka! 3 Nojauciet visus viņu altārus, sadragājiet visus viņu elku stabus, sadedziniet ugunī viņu ašēras, nocērtiet viņu dievu tēlus un izdeldējiet to vārdus no turienes!
4 Tādas lietas nedariet Kungam, savam Dievam, 5 bet gan meklējiet un ejiet uz to vietu, ko Kungs, jūsu Dievs, no jūsu ciltīm izvēlējies, lai liktu tur savu vārdu. 6 Tur pienesiet savus sadedzināmos upurus, kaujamos upurus, desmitās tiesas un cilājamos upurus, solījuma upurus, labprātīgos upurus un liellopu un sīklopu pirmdzimtos. 7 Ēdiet tur Kunga, sava Dieva, priekšā, un priecājieties kopā ar saviem namiem par visu, ko jūsu rokas veikušas, ko Kungs, jūsu Dievs, ir svētījis.
8 Nedariet neko no tā, ko mēs darām šeit un šodien – te ikviens dara, kas pašam šķiet pareizi, 9 jo līdz šim jūs vēl neesat nonākuši miera vietā, mantojumā, ko Kungs, jūsu Dievs, jums dod. 10 Pārcelieties pār Jardānu un dzīvojiet zemē, ko Kungs, jūsu Dievs, dod jums mantojumā, atbrīvodams jūs no visiem ienaidniekiem, kas ir visapkārt, lai jūs varētu dzīvot drošībā. 11 Tajā vietā, ko Kungs, jūsu Dievs, izvēlēsies, lai liktu tur mājot savam vārdam, pienesiet visu, ko es jums pavēlu, – sadedzināmos upurus, kaujamos upurus, desmitās tiesas, cilājamos upurus un vislabākos no saviem solījuma upuriem, ko jūs pienesat Kungam. 12 Priecājieties Kunga, sava Dieva, priekšā – jūs un jūsu dēli, meitas, vergi un verdzenes, un levīti, kas mīt jūsu pilsētās un kam nav savas daļas un mantojuma kā jums. 13 Piesargieties, ka neupurējat savus sadedzināmos upurus ik vietā, ko redzat! 14 Tikai tajā vietā, ko Kungs pats izvēlēsies vienā no jūsu ciltīm, – tur upurējiet savus sadedzināmos upurus un dariet visu, ko es jums pavēlu.
15 Kad vien tev kārojas, kauj un ēd gaļu kā Kunga, tava Dieva, svētību, ko viņš tev devis it visur, kur tu mīti. Nešķīstais lai to ēd kopā ar šķīsto – gan stirnu, gan briedi. 16 Taču asinis neēd, tās izlej zemē kā ūdeni! 17 Desmito tiesu no savas labības, jaunvīna, eļļas, no savu liellopu un sīklopu pirmdzimtajiem, no saviem solījuma upuriem, ko esi solījis, un no saviem labprātīgajiem upuriem un cilājamiem upuriem neēd tur, kur tu mīti, bet 18 ēd to Kunga, sava Dieva, priekšā tajā vietā, ko Kungs, tavs Dievs, izvēlēsies, – tu un tavs dēls, meita, vergs, verdzene un levīts, kas mīt pie tevis, un Kunga, sava Dieva, priekšā priecājies par visu, ko tavas rokas paveikušas! 19 Sargies, ka neaizmirsti levītus – nekad, kamēr tu dzīvo savā zemē!
20 Kad Kungs, tavs Dievs, paplašinās tavas robežas, kā viņš solījis, un tu teiksi: nu ēdīšu gaļu! – jo tev kārosies gaļas, tad ēd gaļu ik reizi, kad tev kārojas! 21 Ja no tevis būs tālu tā vieta, ko Kungs, tavs Dievs, izvēlējies, lai liktu tur mājot savam vārdam, tad kauj savus liellopus un sīklopus, ko Kungs tev devis, kā es tev pavēlēju, un ēd tur, kur tu mīti, vienmēr, kad tev kārojas, 22 taču ēd to, kā ēd stirnu vai briedi, – nešķīstais lai ēd kopā ar šķīsto! 23 Pielūko, neēd asinis, jo asinis ir dzīvība, neapēd dzīvību kopā ar gaļu! 24 Neēd tās, izlej zemē kā ūdeni! 25 Neēd tās, lai būtu labi tev un taviem dēliem pēc tevis – jo tad tu būsi darījis to, kas Kungam šķiet taisns! 26 Vienīgi savus svētumus, kas tev būs, un savus solījuma upurus ņem un ej uz to vietu, ko Kungs būs izvēlējies. 27 Un upurē savus sadedzināmos upurus – asinis un gaļu – Kunga, sava Dieva, altārī, un tavu upuru asinis lai tiek izlietas pār Kunga, tava Dieva, altāri, bet gaļu tu apēd! 28 Ievēro un klausi visiem šiem vārdiem, ko es tev pavēlu, lai vienmēr būtu labi gan tev, gan taviem pēcnācējiem pēc tevis; tā būs, ja tu darīsi to, kas Kungam, tavam Dievam, šķiet labs un taisns.
29 Kad Kungs, tavs Dievs, iznīdēs tās tautas, kurp tu ej, un padzīs tās tavā priekšā un tu būsi padzinis tos un iemantojis viņu zemi, 30 tad sargies, ka nekrīti lamatās, sekodams tiem pēc tam, kad tie tavā priekšā būs iznīcināti, – nesāc sekot viņu dieviem, sacīdams: kā šīs tautas kalpoja saviem dieviem, tā darīšu arī es! 31 Nenodari Kungam, savam Dievam, to, kas Kungam riebj, kā viņi ir darījuši saviem dieviem, ko Kungs nīst, – pat savus dēlus un meitas tie dedzinājuši ugunī saviem dieviem!
