Deuteronomy · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Deuteronomy 12 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 Estas son las normas y preceptos que debes asegurarte de seguir todo el tiempo que vivas en la tierra que el Señor, el Dios de tus antepasados, te ha dado para que la poseas.
1 These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days that you live on the earth.
2 Debes destruir completamente todos los santuarios paganos donde las naciones que expulsas adoraban a sus dioses: en la cima de las altas montañas, en las colinas y bajo todo árbol verde.
2 You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
3 Derriba sus altares, derriba sus pilares idólatras, quema sus postes de Asera, y destruye los ídolos de sus dioses. Elimina todas partes cualquier rastro de ellos.
3 You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place.
4 No debes adorar al Señor tu Dios de la manera en que ellos lo hacían.
4 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.
5 Sino que debes ir al lugar que el Señor tu Dios elija entre el territorio de todas tus tribus para establecer un lugar donde viva contigo. Allí es donde debes ir.
5 But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there.
6 Llevarás allí tus holocaustos y sacrificios, tus diezmos y todas tus ofrendas, tus ofrendas voluntarias y las ofrendas para cumplir una promesa, junto con los primogénitos de tus rebaños y manadas.
6 You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock there.
7 Allí es donde, en presencia del Señor tu Dios, ustedes y sus familias comerán y celebrarán todo aquello por lo que han trabajado, porque el Señor su Dios los ha bendecido.
7 There you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.
8 No deben hacer lo que estamos haciendo aquí hoy. En este momento cada uno hace lo que cree correcto,
8 You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
9 porque no han llegado a la tierra que les pertenecerá y que el Señor su Dios les está dando, y donde estarán en paz.
9 for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Yahweh your God gives you.
10 Después de que crucen el Jordán y se establezcan en el país que el Señor su Dios les está dando como posesión, y los deje descansar de la lucha contra todos sus enemigos y vivan seguros,
10 But when you go over the Jordan and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety,
11 entonces el Señor su Dios elegirá un lugar donde vivir con ustedes. Allí es donde llevarán todo lo que les he ordenado hacer: sus holocaustos y sacrificios, sus diezmos y ofrendas voluntarias, y todos los regalos especiales que prometan darle al Señor.
11 then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.
12 Celebrarán allí en presencia del Señor su Dios, ustedes, sus hijos e hijas, sus esclavos y esclavas, y los levitas que viven en sus pueblos, porque no tienen ninguna participación en la asignación de tierras.
12 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
13 Asegúrense de no presentar sus holocaustos donde quieran.
13 Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
14 Sino que los ofrecerás solamente en el lugar que el Señor elija, en el territorio de una de tus tribus. Allí es donde deben hacer todo lo que les ordeno.
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 command you.
15 Por supuesto que puedes sacrificar y comer carne donde estés, cuando quieras, dependiendo de cuánto te haya bendecido el Señor tu Dios. Todos ustedes, ya sea que estén ceremonialmente limpios o no, pueden comerla como lo harían con una gacela o un ciervo,
15 Yet you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.
16 pero no deben comer el derramamiento de sangre que hay en el suelo.
16 Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
17 En sus pueblos no deben comer el diezmo de su grano o del vino nuevo ni del aceite de oliva; o los primogénitos de sus manadas o rebaños, ni ninguna de las ofrendas que hagan para cumplir una promesa, sus ofrendas voluntarias o sus ofrendas especiales.
17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your free will offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand;
18 Sino que deben comerlos en presencia del Señor su Dios en el lugar que el Señor tu Dios elija: ustedes, sus hijos e hijas, sus esclavos y esclavas y los levitas que viven en sus ciudades. Celebren en presencia del Señor su Dios en todo lo que hagan,
18 but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.
19 y asegúrense de no olvidarse de los levitas durante todo el tiempo que vivan en su tierra.
19 Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
20 Cuando el Señor su Dios les de más tierra, como prometió, y desees un poco de carne, y digas: “Quiero comer carne”, podrás hacerlo cuando quieras.
20 When Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.
21 Si el lugar donde el Señor tu Dios elige está muy lejos, entonces puedes sacrificar cualquier animal del rebaño o manada que te ha dado, siguiendo los preceptos que yo te he dado, y puedes comerlo en tu ciudad cuando quieras.
21 If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to put his name is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.
22 De hecho, puedes comerlo como si te comieras una gacela o un ciervo, tanto si estás ceremonialmente limpio como si no, puedes comerlo.
22 Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
23 Sólo asegúrate de no comer la sangre, porque la sangre es la vida, y no debes comer la vida con la carne.
23 Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.
24 No debes comer la sangre; derrámala en el suelo.
24 You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
25 No la comas, para que en todo te vaya bien a ti y a tus hijos, porque harás lo que es correcto ante los ojos del Señor.
25 You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do that which is right in Yahweh’s eyes.
26 Toma tus santos sacrificios y las ofrendas para cumplir tus votos y ve al lugar que el Señor elija.
26 Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose.
27 Presenta tus holocaustos, la carne y la sangre, en el altar del Señor tu Dios. La sangre de tus otros sacrificios se derramará junto al altar del Señor tu Dios, pero se te permitirá comer la carne.
27 You shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on Yahweh your God’s altar. The blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on Yahweh your God’s altar, and you shall eat the meat.
28 Cumplan todo lo que yo les mando, para que les vaya bien a ustedes y a sus hijos, porque seguirán lo que es bueno y recto ante los ojos del Señor su Dios.
28 Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in Yahweh your God’s eyes.
29 Cuando el Señor tu Dios destruya las naciones que están delante de ti cuando entres en el país para poseerlas, y las expulses y te establezcas en su tierra,
29 When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations from before you where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land,
30 asegúrate de no caer en la trampa de seguir sus caminos después de haber sido destruidos delante de ti. No intentes averiguar sobre sus dioses, preguntando, “¿Cómo adora este pueblo a sus dioses? Haré lo mismo que ellos”.
30 be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them after they are destroyed from before you, and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
31 No debes adorar al Señor tu Dios así, porque cuando adoran a sus dioses hacen todo tipo de cosas abominables que el Señor odia. ¡Incluso queman a sus hijos e hijas como sacrificios a sus dioses!
31 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God; for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, they have done to their gods; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.
32 Con toda dedicación, obedezcan todo lo que les ordeno. No añadan ni quiten nada de lo que dicen estas instrucciones.
32 Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (32)
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- 1 1 Kings 8:40; Job 7:1; Psalm 104:33; Deuteronomy 4:9–10; Deuteronomy 4:5
- 2 Deuteronomy 7:5; 2 Kings 16:4; Numbers 33:51–52; Exodus 34:12–17; 2 Kings 17:10–11
- 3 Judges 2:2; Numbers 33:52; Zechariah 13:2; Psalm 16:4; Exodus 23:13
- 4 Leviticus 20:23; Deuteronomy 20:18; Deuteronomy 12:30–31; Deuteronomy 16:21–22
- 5 Deuteronomy 12:11; 2 Chronicles 7:12; Deuteronomy 26:2; Deuteronomy 16:2; 1 Kings 8:29
- 6 Deuteronomy 15:19–20; Leviticus 17:3–9; Ezekiel 20:40; Luke 18:12; Numbers 18:15–17
- 7 Deuteronomy 12:18; Leviticus 23:40; Deuteronomy 14:26; Deuteronomy 12:12; Philippians 4:4
- 8 Judges 21:25; Judges 17:6; Proverbs 21:2; Acts 7:42; Numbers 15:39
- 9 1 Kings 8:56; Psalm 95:11; Deuteronomy 25:19; Hebrews 4:8–9; Micah 2:10
- 10 Ezekiel 34:28; Jeremiah 33:11; Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 4:22; Deuteronomy 11:31
- 11 Deuteronomy 15:20; Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy 16:2–8; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 17:8
- 12 Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 26:12; Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 12:19
- 13 Leviticus 17:2–5; 2 Chronicles 15:17; 1 Kings 15:34; Deuteronomy 12:6; 1 Kings 12:28–32
- 14 Deuteronomy 12:5; 2 Corinthians 5:19; Deuteronomy 12:11; Psalm 5:7; Psalm 9:11
- 15 Deuteronomy 14:5; Deuteronomy 12:20–23; Deuteronomy 15:22–23; Deuteronomy 14:26; Leviticus 17:3–5
- 16 Genesis 9:4; Deuteronomy 15:23; Acts 15:29; Deuteronomy 12:23–24; 1 Timothy 4:4
- 17 Deuteronomy 26:14; Deuteronomy 14:22–29; Deuteronomy 12:6; Deuteronomy 12:11; Leviticus 27:30–32
- 18 Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 12:5; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Acts 2:46
- 19 2 Chronicles 31:4–21; Nehemiah 10:34–39; 2 Chronicles 11:13–14; 1 Corinthians 9:10–14; Deuteronomy 14:27–29
- 20 Deuteronomy 19:8; Deuteronomy 11:24; Exodus 34:24; Genesis 28:14; 1 Chronicles 4:10
- 21 Deuteronomy 12:5; Ezra 6:12; Deuteronomy 16:11; Exodus 20:24; Deuteronomy 26:2
- 22 Deuteronomy 12:15–16
- 23 Leviticus 17:11; Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:13–14; Leviticus 3:16–17; Deuteronomy 12:16
- 24 Deuteronomy 12:16; Deuteronomy 15:23
- 25 Isaiah 3:10; Exodus 15:26; 1 Kings 11:38; Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 13:18
- 26 Numbers 18:19; Numbers 5:9–10; Deuteronomy 12:17–18; Deuteronomy 12:11; Genesis 28:20
- 27 Leviticus 1:13; Leviticus 1:9; Leviticus 17:11; Leviticus 1:5; Leviticus 4:30
- 28 John 15:10; John 15:14; Deuteronomy 12:25; Deuteronomy 4:40; Nehemiah 1:5
- 29 Joshua 23:4; Deuteronomy 19:1; Deuteronomy 9:3; Psalm 78:55; Exodus 23:23
- 30 Ezekiel 20:32; Jeremiah 10:2; Deuteronomy 7:16; Psalm 106:34–38; Ezekiel 20:28
- 31 Jeremiah 32:35; Deuteronomy 18:9–10; 2 Kings 17:15–17; Jeremiah 7:31; 2 Kings 21:2
- 32 Deuteronomy 4:2; Revelation 22:18–19; Joshua 1:7; Proverbs 30:6; Deuteronomy 13:18
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This is the special and peculiar place of true worship; for it is said "Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place...but in the place the Lord thy God shall choose." Now what is a spiritual burnt offering?
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