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Deuteronomy 12
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Yahweh’s Chosen Place of Worship

12 “These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall be careful to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess (A)all the days you live on the [a]earth. 2 You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the (B)high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. 3 (C)And you shall tear down their altars and shatter their sacred pillars and burn their [b]Asherim with fire, and you shall cut the graven images of their gods in pieces and (D)destroy their name from that place. 4 You shall not do thus toward Yahweh your God. 5 (E)But you shall seek Yahweh at the place which Yahweh your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come. 6 And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, (F)your tithes, the [c]contribution of your hand, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock. 7 There also you and your households shall eat before Yahweh your God, and (G)be glad in all that you send forth your hand to do, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.

8 “You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, (H)every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes; 9 for you have not as yet come to (I)the resting place and the (J)inheritance which Yahweh your God is giving you. 10 Now you will cross the Jordan and live in the land which Yahweh your God is giving you to inherit. And (K)He will give you rest from all your enemies around you so that you live in security. 11 (L)Then it will be that the place in which Yahweh your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I am commanding you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the [d]contribution of your hand, and all your choice votive offerings which you will vow to Yahweh. 12 And you shall (M)be glad before Yahweh your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the (N)Levite who is within your gates, since (O)he has no portion or inheritance with you.

13 “(P)Beware, lest you offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place you see, 14 but in the place which Yahweh chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I am commanding you.

15 “(Q)However, you may sacrifice and eat meat within any of your gates, [e]whatever you desire, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of (R)the gazelle and the deer. 16 (S)Only you shall not eat the blood; (T)you are to pour it out on the ground like water. 17 (U)You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your votive offerings which you vow, or your freewill offerings, or the [f]contribution of your hand. 18 But (V)you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in (W)the place which Yahweh your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the (X)Levite who is within your gates; and you shall (Y)be glad before Yahweh your God in all that you send forth your hand to do. 19 (Z)Beware lest you forsake the Levite all your days upon your land.

20 “When Yahweh your God enlarges your territory (AA)as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because [g]you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, [h]whatever you desire. 21 If the place where Yahweh your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you, then you may sacrifice of your herd and flock which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates [i]whatever you desire. 22 Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you will eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it. 23 Only be strong in yourselves (AB)not to eat the blood, for the blood is the [j]life, and you shall not eat the [k]life with the flesh. 24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water. 25 You shall not eat it, so that (AC)it may be well with you and your sons after you, for (AD)you will be doing what is right in the sight of Yahweh. 26 (AE)Only your holy things which you may have and your votive offerings, you shall take and go to the place which Yahweh chooses. 27 And (AF)you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of Yahweh your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of Yahweh your God, and (AG)you shall eat the flesh.

28 “Be careful to listen to all these words which I command you, so that (AH)it may be well with you and your sons after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of Yahweh your God.

29 “When (AI)Yahweh your God cuts off before you the nations which you are going in to dispossess, and you dispossess them and inhabit their land, 30 beware lest you be ensnared [l]to follow them, after they are destroyed before you, and lest you inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve their gods, that I also may do likewise?’ 31 (AJ)You shall not do thus toward Yahweh your God, for every abominable act which Yahweh hates they have done for their gods; for (AK)they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

32 “[m](AL)Whatever I am commanding you, you shall be careful to do; (AM)you shall not add to nor take away from it.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:1 Lit ground
  2. Deuteronomy 12:3 Wooden symbols of a female deity
  3. Deuteronomy 12:6 Or heave offering
  4. Deuteronomy 12:11 Or heave offering
  5. Deuteronomy 12:15 Lit in every desire of your soul
  6. Deuteronomy 12:17 Lit heave offering
  7. Deuteronomy 12:20 Lit your soul desires
  8. Deuteronomy 12:20 Lit in every desire of your soul
  9. Deuteronomy 12:21 Lit in every desire of your soul
  10. Deuteronomy 12:23 Lit soul
  11. Deuteronomy 12:23 Lit soul
  12. Deuteronomy 12:30 Lit after them
  13. Deuteronomy 12:32 Lit Everything that
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Deuteronomio 12
Nueva Biblia de las Américas

El único lugar de culto

12 »Estos son los estatutos y los decretos[a] que observarán cuidadosamente en la tierra que el Señor, el Dios de tus padres, te ha dado para que la poseas todos los días que ustedes vivan sobre su[b] suelo(A). 2 Destruirán completamente todos los lugares donde las naciones que desposeerán sirven a sus dioses: sobre los montes altos, sobre las colinas y debajo de todo árbol frondoso(B). 3 Y demolerán sus altares, quebrarán sus pilares sagrados, quemarán a fuego sus imágenes de Asera[c], derribarán las imágenes talladas de sus dioses(C) y borrarán su nombre de aquel lugar(D).

4 »No actuarán así con el Señor su Dios, 5 sino que buscarán al Señor en el lugar en que el Señor su Dios escoja de todas sus tribus, para poner allí Su nombre para Su morada, y allí ustedes irán(E). 6 Allí llevarán sus holocaustos, sus sacrificios, sus diezmos(F), la contribución[d] de su mano, sus ofrendas votivas[e], sus ofrendas voluntarias, y el primogénito de sus vacas y de sus ovejas. 7 Allí también ustedes y sus familias comerán en presencia del Señor su Dios, y se alegrarán en todas sus empresas en las cuales[f] el Señor su Dios los ha bendecido(G). 8 De ninguna manera harán lo que hacemos aquí hoy, que cada cual hace lo que le parece bien a sus propios ojos; 9 porque todavía no han llegado al lugar de reposo(H) y a la heredad que el Señor su Dios les da(I).

10 »Cuando crucen el Jordán y habiten en la tierra que el Señor su Dios les da en heredad, y Él les dé descanso de todos sus enemigos alrededor de ustedes para que habiten seguros(J), 11 entonces sucederá que al lugar que el Señor, su Dios, escoja para morada de Su nombre(K), allí traerán todo lo que yo les mando: sus holocaustos y sus sacrificios, sus diezmos y la ofrenda alzada de su mano, y todo lo más selecto de sus ofrendas votivas que han prometido al Señor. 12 Y se alegrarán en presencia del Señor su Dios, ustedes, sus hijos y sus hijas, sus siervos y sus siervas(L), y el levita que vive dentro de sus puertas(M), ya que no tiene parte ni heredad entre ustedes(N).

13 »Cuídate de no ofrecer tus holocaustos en cualquier lugar que veas, 14 sino en el lugar que el Señor escoja en una de tus tribus, allí ofrecerás tus holocaustos(O), y allí harás todo lo que yo te mando.

La carne y las ofrendas

15 »Sin embargo, podrás matar y comer carne dentro de todas tus puertas[g], conforme a tu deseo[h], según la bendición que el Señor tu Dios te ha dado(P); el inmundo y el limpio podrán comerla, como si fuera de gacela o de ciervo(Q). 16 Solo que ustedes no comerán la sangre(R); la derramarán sobre la tierra(S) como el agua.

17 »No te es permitido comer dentro de tus ciudades[i] el diezmo de tu grano, de tu vino nuevo o de tu aceite, ni de los primogénitos de tus vacas o de tus ovejas, ni ninguna de las ofrendas votivas[j](T) que prometas, ni tus ofrendas voluntarias, ni la ofrenda alzada de tu mano, 18 sino que lo comerás en presencia del Señor tu Dios(U) en el lugar que el Señor tu Dios escoja(V), tú, tu hijo y tu hija, tu siervo y tu sierva, y el levita que vive dentro de tus puertas[k](W); y te alegrarás en presencia del Señor tu Dios de toda la obra de tus manos[l](X). 19 Cuídate de no desamparar al levita mientras vivas en tu tierra(Y).

20 »Cuando el Señor tu Dios haya extendido tus fronteras como te ha prometido(Z), y tú digas: “Comeré carne”, porque deseas[m] comer carne, entonces podrás comer carne, toda la que desees[n]. 21 Si el lugar que el Señor tu Dios escoge para poner Su nombre está muy lejos de ti, entonces podrás matar de tus vacas y de tus ovejas que el Señor te ha dado, como te he ordenado, y podrás comer dentro de tus puertas[o] todo lo que desees[p]. 22 Tal como se come la gacela y el ciervo, así la podrás comer; el inmundo y el limpio podrán comer de ella. 23 Solo cuídate de no comer la sangre(AA), porque la sangre es la vida[q], y no comerás la vida[r] con la carne. 24 No la comerás; la derramarás sobre la tierra como el agua. 25 No la comerás, para que te vaya bien a ti y a tus hijos después de ti(AB), porque estarás haciendo lo que es justo delante del Señor(AC).

26 »Solamente las cosas sagradas que tengas y tus ofrendas votivas[s](AD), las tomarás e irás al lugar que el Señor escoja. 27 Ofrecerás tus holocaustos, la carne y la sangre, sobre el altar del Señor tu Dios(AE); y la sangre de tus sacrificios será derramada sobre el altar del Señor tu Dios, y podrás comer la carne(AF). 28 Escucha con cuidado todas estas palabras que te mando, para que te vaya bien a ti y a tus hijos después de ti para siempre(AG), porque estarás haciendo lo que es bueno y justo delante del Señor tu Dios.

Advertencia contra la idolatría

29 »Cuando el Señor tu Dios haya destruido delante de ti las naciones que vas a desposeer(AH), y las hayas desposeído y habites en su tierra, 30 cuídate de no caer en una trampa imitándolas[t], después que hayan sido destruidas delante de ti, y de no buscar[u] sus dioses, diciendo: “¿Cómo servían estas naciones a sus dioses para que también yo haga lo mismo?”. 31 No procederás así para con el Señor tu Dios, porque toda acción abominable que el Señor odia(AI), ellos la han hecho en honor de[v] sus dioses; porque aun a sus hijos y a sus hijas queman en el fuego en honor a sus dioses(AJ).

32 »[w]Cuidarás de hacer todo lo que te mando(AK); nada le añadirás ni le quitarás(AL).

Footnotes

  1. 12:1 O juicios.
  2. 12:1 Lit. el.
  3. 12:3 I.e. símbolos de madera de una deidad femenina.
  4. 12:6 Lit. ofrenda alzada.
  5. 12:6 Lit. de sus votos.
  6. 12:7 Lit. todo el extender de su mano en el cual.
  7. 12:15 Lit. tus ciudades.
  8. 12:15 Lit. en todo deseo de tu alma.
  9. 12:17 Lit. puertas.
  10. 12:17 Lit. los votos.
  11. 12:18 Lit. de tus ciudades.
  12. 12:18 Lit. en lo que alcance tu mano.
  13. 12:20 Lit. tu alma desea.
  14. 12:20 Lit. en todo deseo de tu alma.
  15. 12:21 Lit. de tus ciudades.
  16. 12:21 Lit. en todo deseo de tu alma.
  17. 12:23 Lit. el alma.
  18. 12:23 Lit. el alma.
  19. 12:26 Lit. de tus votos.
  20. 12:30 Lit. tras ellas.
  21. 12:30 O inquirir acerca de.
  22. 12:31 O para con.
  23. 12:32 En el texto heb. cap. 13:1.
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Deuteronomy 12
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12 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.

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Deuteronomy 12
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The One Place of Worship

12 These are the decrees(A) and laws you must be careful to follow in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess—as long as you live in the land.(B) 2 Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains,(C) on the hills and under every spreading tree,(D) where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods. 3 Break down their altars, smash(E) their sacred stones and burn(F) their Asherah(G) poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names(H) from those places.

4 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way.(I) 5 But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name(J) there for his dwelling.(K) To that place you must go; 6 there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes(L) and special gifts, what you have vowed(M) to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.(N) 7 There, in the presence(O) of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice(P) in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

8 You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit,(Q) 9 since you have not yet reached the resting place(R) and the inheritance(S) the Lord your God is giving you. 10 But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land the Lord your God is giving(T) you as an inheritance, and he will give you rest(U) from all your enemies around you so that you will live in safety. 11 Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name(V)—there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the Lord.(W) 12 And there rejoice(X) before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites(Y) from your towns who have no allotment or inheritance(Z) of their own. 13 Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please.(AA) 14 Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose(AB) in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

15 Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were gazelle or deer,(AC) according to the blessing the Lord your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it. 16 But you must not eat the blood;(AD) pour(AE) it out on the ground like water.(AF) 17 You must not eat in your own towns the tithe(AG) of your grain and new wine and olive oil,(AH) or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give,(AI) or your freewill offerings or special gifts.(AJ) 18 Instead, you are to eat(AK) them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God will choose(AL)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns—and you are to rejoice(AM) before the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to. 19 Be careful not to neglect the Levites(AN) as long as you live in your land.(AO)

20 When the Lord your God has enlarged your territory(AP) as he promised(AQ) you, and you crave meat(AR) and say, “I would like some meat,” then you may eat as much of it as you want. 21 If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put his Name(AS) is too far away from you, you may slaughter animals from the herds and flocks the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and in your own towns you may eat as much of them as you want.(AT) 22 Eat them as you would gazelle or deer.(AU) Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat. 23 But be sure you do not eat the blood,(AV) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.(AW) 24 You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.(AX) 25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well(AY) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right(AZ) in the eyes of the Lord.

26 But take your consecrated things and whatever you have vowed to give,(BA) and go to the place the Lord will choose. 27 Present your burnt offerings(BB) on the altar of the Lord your God, both the meat and the blood. The blood of your sacrifices must be poured beside the altar of the Lord your God, but you may eat(BC) the meat. 28 Be careful to obey all these regulations I am giving you, so that it may always go well(BD) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

29 The Lord your God will cut off(BE) before you the nations you are about to invade and dispossess. But when you have driven them out and settled in their land,(BF) 30 and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared(BG) by inquiring about their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.”(BH) 31 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the Lord hates.(BI) They even burn their sons(BJ) and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.(BK)

32 See that you do all I command you; do not add(BL) to it or take away from it.[a]

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:32 In Hebrew texts this verse (12:32) is numbered 13:1.
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