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Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 12

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Chapter 12 of Deuteronomy—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ “These are the regulations1 and the judicial decisions2 that YOU should be careful to carry out3 in the land that Jehovah the God of your forefathers will certainly allow you to take possession of, all the days that YOU are alive on the soil.4
  2. YOU should absolutely destroy5 all the places where the nations whom YOU are dispossessing have served their gods, on the tall mountains and the hills and under every luxuriant tree.6
  3. And YOU must pull down their altars7 and shatter their sacred pillars,8 and YOU should burn their sacred poles[a]9 in the fire and cut down the graven images10 of their gods, and YOU must destroy their names from that place.11
  4. ¶ “YOU must not do that way to Jehovah YOUR God,12
  5. but to the place that Jehovah YOUR God will choose out of all YOUR tribes to place his name there, to have it reside,[b] YOU will seek, and there you must come.13
  6. And there YOU must bring YOUR burnt offerings14 and YOUR sacrifices and YOUR tenth parts[c]15 and the contribution of YOUR hand16 and YOUR vow offerings17 and YOUR voluntary offerings18 and the firstborn ones of YOUR herd and of YOUR flock.19
  7. And there YOU must eat before Jehovah YOUR God20 and rejoice in every undertaking of YOURS,[d]21 YOU and YOUR households, because Jehovah your God has blessed you.
  8. ¶ “YOU must not do according to all that we are doing here today, each one whatever is right in his own eyes,22
  9. because YOU have not yet come into the resting-place23 and the inheritance that Jehovah your God is giving you.
  10. And YOU must cross the Jordan24 and dwell in the land that Jehovah YOUR God is giving YOU as a possession,25 and he will certainly give YOU rest from all YOUR enemies round about, and YOU will indeed dwell in security.26
  11. And it must occur that the place27 that Jehovah YOUR God will choose to have his name reside there is where YOU will bring all about which I am commanding YOU, YOUR burnt offerings28 and YOUR sacrifices, YOUR tenth parts29 and the contribution30 of YOUR hand and every choice of YOUR vow31 offerings that YOU will vow to Jehovah.
  12. And YOU must rejoice before Jehovah YOUR God,32 YOU and YOUR sons and YOUR daughters and YOUR man slaves and YOUR slave girls and the Levite who is inside YOUR gates,[e] because he has no share or inheritance with YOU.33
  13. Watch out for yourself for fear you may offer up your burnt offerings in any other place you may see.34
  14. But in the place that Jehovah will choose in one of your tribes is where you should offer up your burnt offerings, and there you should do all that I am commanding you.35
  15. ¶ “Only whenever your soul craves it you may slaughter,36 and you must eat meat according to the blessing of Jehovah your God that he has given you, inside all your gates.[f] The unclean37 one and the clean one may eat it, like the gazelle and like the stag.38
  16. Only the blood YOU must not eat.39 On the earth you should pour it out as water.40
  17. You will not be allowed to eat inside your gates the tenth part of your grain41 or of your new wine or of your oil or the firstborn ones of your herd and of your flock42 or any of your vow offerings that you will vow or your voluntary offerings43 or the contribution of your hand.44
  18. But before Jehovah your God you will eat it, in the place that Jehovah your God will choose,45 you and your son and your daughter and your man slave and your slave girl and the Levite who is inside your gates; and you must rejoice46 before Jehovah your God in every undertaking of yours.
  19. Watch out for yourself that you may not abandon the Levite47 all your days on your soil.
  20. ¶ “When Jehovah your God will widen out your territory,[g]48 just as he has promised you,49 and you will be certain to say, ‘Let me eat meat,’ because your soul craves to eat meat, whenever your soul craves it you may eat meat.50
  21. In case the place that Jehovah your God will choose to put his name51 there should be far away from you, you must then slaughter some of your herd or some of your flock that Jehovah has given you, just as I have commanded you, and you must eat inside your gates whenever your soul craves it.52
  22. Only in the way that the gazelle and the stag may be eaten,53 so you may eat it: the unclean54 one and the clean one together may eat it.
  23. Simply be firmly resolved not to eat the blood,55 because the blood is the soul56 and you must not eat the soul with the flesh.[h]
  24. You must not eat it. You should pour it out upon the ground as water.57
  25. You must not eat it, in order that it may go well with you58 and your sons after you, because you will do what is right in Jehovah’s eyes.59
  26. Merely your holy things60 that will become yours, and your vow offerings61 you should carry, and you must come to the place that Jehovah will choose.62
  27. And you must render up your burnt offerings,63 the flesh and the blood,64 upon the altar of Jehovah your God; and the blood of your sacrifices should be poured out against the altar of Jehovah65 your God, but the flesh you may eat.
  28. ¶ “Watch, and you must obey all these words that I am commanding you,66 in order that it may go well with you67 and your sons after you to time indefinite, because you will do what is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah your God.68
  29. ¶ “When Jehovah your God will cut off from before you the nations to whom you are going to dispossess them,69 you must also dispossess them and dwell in their land.70
  30. Watch out for yourself for fear you may be entrapped after them,71 after they have been annihilated from before you, and for fear you may inquire respecting their gods, saying, ‘How was it these nations used to serve[i] their gods? And I, yes, I, will do the same way.’
  31. You must not do that way to Jehovah your God,72 for everything detestable to Jehovah that he does hate they have done to their gods, for even their sons and their daughters they regularly burn in the fire to their gods.[j]73
  32. Every word that I am commanding YOU is what YOU should be careful to do.74 YOU must not add to it nor take away from it.75

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “their Asherim.”
  2. ^ Or, “there, to his residence.”
  3. ^ Or, “your tithes.”
  4. ^ Or, “in all the gain of your hand.”
  5. ^ “Gates,” MSamLXX; SyVg, “cities.”
  6. ^ “All your gates,” MSam; LXX, “every city”; SyVg, “(all) your cities.”
  7. ^ Or, “boundary.”
  8. ^ Or, “meat.”
  9. ^ Or, “worship.” See 4:19 ftn.
  10. ^ MLXX end chapter 12 here.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Le 26:46; De 4:5
  2. ^ Le 19:37; 25:18
  3. ^ De 4:40; 6:1; Jm 1:22
  4. ^ De 4:10; 1Ki 8:40
  5. ^ Ex 34:13
  6. ^ Eze 20:28
  7. ^ Jg 2:2; 6:25
  8. ^ Ex 23:24; 2Ki 18:4
  9. ^ Ex 34:13; 1Ki 15:13; 2Ki 23:14; 2Ch 14:3
  10. ^ Nu 33:52; De 7:5, 25
  11. ^ Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7
  12. ^ Le 18:3; De 12:31; 2Ki 17:15
  13. ^ De 26:2; 2Ch 7:12
  14. ^ Le 1:3
  15. ^ De 12:17; 14:22
  16. ^ Nu 18:19; De 12:11
  17. ^ Le 7:16; 22:18
  18. ^ Le 23:38; 1Ch 29:9; Ezr 2:68
  19. ^ De 12:17; 15:19
  20. ^ De 14:23; 15:20
  21. ^ Le 23:40; De 12:12, 18; 14:26; Ps 32:11; 100:2; Pp 4:4
  22. ^ Nu 15:39; Jg 17:6; Pr 21:2
  23. ^ 1Ki 8:56; 1Ch 23:25; Heb 4:8
  24. ^ Jos 3:17
  25. ^ De 4:22; 9:1
  26. ^ De 33:28; 1Ki 4:25; Ps 4:8; Pr 1:33
  27. ^ De 12:6; 14:23; 16:2; 26:2
  28. ^ Le 1:3
  29. ^ De 14:22; 26:12
  30. ^ Nu 18:19; De 12:6
  31. ^ Le 7:16; 22:18
  32. ^ De 14:26; 1Ki 8:66; Ne 8:10; Pp 4:4
  33. ^ Nu 18:24; De 10:9; 14:29; Jos 13:14
  34. ^ Le 17:4; 1Ki 12:28
  35. ^ 2Ch 7:12
  36. ^ De 12:21; 14:26
  37. ^ Le 5:2; 13:3
  38. ^ De 14:5; 15:22
  39. ^ Ge 9:4; Le 7:26; 17:10; De 15:23; 1Sa 14:33; Eze 33:25; Ac 15:29
  40. ^ Le 17:13; De 15:23
  41. ^ De 14:22
  42. ^ De 12:6; 14:23
  43. ^ Le 23:38
  44. ^ Nu 18:11
  45. ^ De 12:11; 14:23
  46. ^ De 12:7, 12; Pp 3:1
  47. ^ Nu 18:21; De 14:27; 2Ch 31:4; Ne 10:38; Ml 3:8
  48. ^ 1Ki 4:21
  49. ^ Ge 15:18; Ex 34:24; De 11:24
  50. ^ Le 11:2; De 14:4
  51. ^ De 14:23; 2Ch 7:12
  52. ^ De 12:15
  53. ^ De 14:5; 15:22
  54. ^ Le 15:3, 16
  55. ^ Le 3:17; De 12:16
  56. ^ Ge 9:4; Le 17:11, 14
  57. ^ Le 17:13; De 15:23
  58. ^ De 4:40; Is 3:10
  59. ^ De 6:18; 13:18
  60. ^ Nu 5:9; 18:19
  61. ^ Le 22:18
  62. ^ De 12:11
  63. ^ Le 1:9
  64. ^ Le 17:11
  65. ^ Le 4:30
  66. ^ Ps 89:31; 105:45; 1Jo 5:3
  67. ^ Ga 6:7
  68. ^ Pr 4:4
  69. ^ Ex 23:23; De 9:3; 19:1; Ps 44:2; 78:55
  70. ^ De 6:10; Ps 105:44
  71. ^ De 7:16; Ps 106:36; Eze 20:28; Eph 4:17
  72. ^ Le 18:3; De 12:4
  73. ^ Le 18:21; 20:2; De 18:10; 2Ki 17:15; Je 32:35
  74. ^ De 5:1; Jos 22:5; Ps 119:4
  75. ^ De 4:2; Jos 1:7; Pr 30:6

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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