Deuteronomy · Clementine Vulgate
Deuteronomy 12 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Hæc sunt præcepta atque judicia, quæ facere debetis in terra, quam Dominus Deus patrum tuorum daturus est tibi, ut possideas eam cunctis diebus, quibus super humum gradieris.
1 ESTOS son los estatutos y derechos que cuidaréis de poner por obra, en la tierra que Jehová el Dios de tus padres te ha dado para que la poseas, todos los días que vosotros viviereis sobre la tierra.
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 Subvertite omnia loca, in quibus coluerunt gentes, quas possessuri estis, deos suos super montes excelsos, et colles, et subter omne lignum frondosum.
2 Destruiréis enteramente todos los lugares donde las gentes que vosotros heredareis sirvieron á sus dioses, sobre los montes altos, y sobre los collados, y debajo de todo árbol espeso:
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 Dissipate aras eorum, et confringite statuas: lucos igne comburite, et idola comminuite: disperdite nomina eorum de locis illis.
3 Y derribaréis sus altares, y quebraréis sus imágenes, y sus bosques consumiréis con fuego: y destruiréis las esculturas de sus dioses, y extirparéis el nombre de ellas de aquel lugar.
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 Non facietis ita Domino Deo vestro:
4 No haréis así á Jehová vuestro Dios.
4 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.
5 sed ad locum, quem elegerit Dominus Deus vester de cunctis tribubus vestris, ut ponat nomen suum ibi, et habitet in eo, venietis:
5 Mas el lugar que Jehová vuestro Dios escogiere de todas vuestras tribus, para poner allí su nombre para su habitación, ése buscaréis, y allá iréis:
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 et offeretis in loco illo holocausta et victimas vestras, decimas et primitias manuum vestrarum, et vota atque donaria, primogenita boum et ovium.
6 Y allí llevaréis vuestros holocaustos, y vuestros sacrificios, y vuestros diezmos, y la ofrenda elevada de vuestras manos, y vuestros votos, y vuestras ofrendas voluntarias, y los primerizos de vuestras vacas y de vuestras ovejas:
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 Et comedetis ibi in conspectu Domini Dei vestri: ac lætabimini in cunctis, ad quæ miseritis manum vos et domus vestræ, in quibus benedixerit vobis Dominus Deus vester.
7 Y comeréis allí delante de Jehová vuestro Dios, y os alegraréis, vosotros y vuestras familias, en toda obra de vuestras manos en que Jehová tu Dios te hubiere 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 Non facietis ibi quæ nos hic facimus hodie, singuli quod sibi rectum videtur:
8 No haréis como todo lo que nosotros hacemos aquí ahora, cada uno lo que le parece,
8 You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
9 neque enim usque in præsens tempus venistis ad requiem, et possessionem, quam Dominus Deus vester daturus est vobis.
9 Porque aun hasta ahora no habéis entrado al reposo y á la heredad que os da Jehová vuestro Dios.
9 for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Yahweh your God gives you.
10 Transibitis Jordanem, et habitabitis in terra, quam Dominus Deus vester daturus est vobis, ut requiescatis a cunctis hostibus per circuitum: et absque ullo timore habitetis
10 Mas pasaréis el Jordán, y habitaréis en la tierra que Jehová vuestro Dios os hace heredar, y él os dará reposo de todos vuestros enemigos alrededor, y habitaréis 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 in loco, quem elegerit Dominus Deus vester, ut sit nomen ejus in eo: illuc omnia, quæ præcipio, conferetis, holocausta, et hostias, ac decimas, et primitias manuum vestrarum: et quidquid præcipuum est in muneribus, quæ vovebitis Domino.
11 Y al lugar que Jehová vuestro Dios escogiere para hacer habitar en él su nombre, allí llevaréis todas las cosas que yo os mando: vuestros holocaustos, y vuestros sacrificios, vuestros diezmos, y las ofrendas elevadas de vuestras manos, y todo lo escogido de vuestros votos que hubiereis prometido á Jehová;
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 Ibi epulabimini coram Domino Deo vestro, vos et filii ac filiæ vestræ, famuli et famulæ, atque Levites qui in urbibus vestris commoratur: neque enim habet aliam partem et possessionem inter vos.
12 Y os alegraréis delante de Jehová vuestro Dios, vosotros, y vuestros hijos, y vuestras hijas, y vuestros siervos, y vuestras siervas, y el Levita que estuviere en vuestras poblaciones: por cuanto no tiene parte ni heredad con vosotros.
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 Cave ne offeras holocausta tua in omni loco, quem videris:
13 Guárdate, que no ofrezcas tus holocaustos en cualquier lugar que vieres;
13 Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
14 sed in eo, quem elegerit Dominus, in una tribuum tuarum offeres hostias, et facies quæcumque præcipio tibi.
14 Mas en el lugar que Jehová escogiere, en una de tus tribus, allí ofrecerás tus holocaustos, y allí harás todo lo que yo te mando.
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 Sin autem comedere volueris, et te esus carnium delectaverit, occide, comede juxta benedictionem Domini Dei tui, quam dedit tibi in urbibus tuis: sive immundum fuerit, hoc est, maculatum et debile: sive mundum, hoc est, integrum et sine macula, quod offerri licet, sicut capream et cervum, comedes:
15 Con todo, podrás matar y comer carne en todas tus poblaciones conforme al deseo de tu alma, según la bendición de Jehová tu Dios que él te habrá dado: el inmundo y el limpio la comerá, como [la] de corzo ó de 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 absque esu dumtaxat sanguinis, quem super terram quasi aquam effundes.
16 Salvo que sangre no comeréis; sobre la tierra la derramaréis como agua.
16 Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
17 Non poteris comedere in oppidis tuis decimam frumenti, et vini, et olei tui, primogenita armentorum et pecorum, et omnia quæ voveris, et sponte offerre volueris, et primitias manuum tuarum:
17 Ni podrás comer en tus poblaciones el diezmo de tu grano, ó de tu vino, ó de tu aceite, ni los primerizos de tus vacas, ni de tus ovejas, ni tus votos que prometieres, ni tus ofrendas voluntarias, ni las elevadas ofrendas de tus manos:
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 sed coram Domino Deo tuo comedes ea in loco, quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus, tu et filius tuus, et filia tua, et servus et famula, atque Levites qui manet in urbibus tuis: et lætaberis et reficieris coram Domino Deo tuo in cunctis ad quæ extenderis manum tuam.
18 Mas delante de Jehová tu Dios las comerás, en el lugar que Jehová tu Dios hubiere escogido, tú, y tu hijo, y tu hija, y tu siervo, y tu sierva, y el Levita que está en tus poblaciones: y alegrarte has delante de Jehová tu Dios en toda obra de tus manos.
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 Cave ne derelinquas Levitem in omni tempore quo versaris in terra.
19 Ten cuidado de no desamparar al Levita en todos tus días sobre tu tierra.
19 Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
20 Quando dilataverit Dominus Deus tuus terminos tuos, sicut locutus est tibi, et volueris vesci carnibus, quas desiderat anima tua:
20 Cuando Jehová tu Dios ensanchare tu término, como él te ha dicho, y tú dijeres, Comeré carne, porque deseó tu alma comerla, conforme á todo el deseo de tu alma comerás carne.
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 locus autem, quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus ut sit nomen ejus ibi, si procul fuerit, occides de armentis et pecoribus, quæ habueris, sicut præcepi tibi, et comedes in oppidis tuis, ut tibi placet.
21 Cuando estuviere lejos de ti el lugar que Jehová tu Dios habrá escogido, para poner allí su nombre, matarás de tus vacas y de tus ovejas, que Jehová te hubiere dado, como te he mandado yo, y comerás en tus puertas según todo lo que deseare tu alma.
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 Sicut comeditur caprea et cervus, ita vesceris eis: et mundus et immundus in commune vescentur.
22 Lo mismo que se come el corzo y el ciervo, así las comerás: el inmundo y el limpio comerán también de ellas.
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 Hoc solum cave, ne sanguinem comedas: sanguis enim eorum pro anima est, et idcirco non debes animam comedere cum carnibus:
23 Solamente que te esfuerces á no comer sangre: porque la sangre es el alma; y no has de comer el alma juntamente con su 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 sed super terram fundes quasi aquam,
24 No la comerás: en tierra la derramarás como agua.
24 You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
25 ut bene sit tibi et filiis tuis post te, cum feceris quod placet in conspectu Domini.
25 No comerás de ella; para que te vaya bien á ti, y á tus hijos después de ti, cuando hicieres lo recto en ojos de Jehová.
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 Quæ autem sanctificaveris, et voveris Domino, tolles, et venies ad locum, quem elegerit Dominus:
26 Empero las cosas que tuvieres tú consagradas, y tus votos, las tomarás, y vendrás al lugar que Jehová hubiere escogido:
26 Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose.
27 et offeres oblationes tuas carnem et sanguinem super altare Domini Dei tui: sanguinem hostiarum fundes in altari; carnibus autem ipse vesceris.
27 Y ofrecerás tus holocaustos, la carne y la sangre, sobre el altar de Jehová tu Dios: y la sangre de tus sacrificios será derramada sobre el altar de Jehová tu Dios, y comerás 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 Observa et audi omnia quæ ego præcipio tibi, ut bene sit tibi et filiis tuis post te in sempiternum, cum feceris quod bonum est et placitum in conspectu Domini Dei tui.
28 Guarda y escucha todas estas palabras que yo te mando, porque te vaya bien á ti y á tus hijos después de ti para siempre, cuando hicieres lo bueno y lo recto en los ojos de Jehová tu 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 Quando disperdiderit Dominus Deus tuus ante faciem tuam gentes, ad quas ingredieris possidendas, et possederis eas, atque habitaveris in terra earum:
29 Cuando hubiere devastado delante de ti Jehová tu Dios las naciones á donde tú vas para poseerlas, y las heredares, y habitares 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 cave ne imiteris eas, postquam te fuerint introëunte subversæ, et requiras cæremonias earum, dicens: Sicut coluerunt gentes istæ deos suos, ita et ego colam.
30 Guárdate que no tropieces en pos de ellas, después que fueren destruídas delante de ti: no preguntes acerca de sus dioses, diciendo: De la manera que servían aquellas gentes á sus dioses, así haré yo también.
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 Non facies similiter Domino Deo tuo. Omnes enim abominationes, quas aversatur Dominus, fecerunt diis suis, offerentes filios et filias, et comburentes igni.
31 No harás así á Jehová tu Dios; porque todo lo que Jehová aborrece, hicieron ellos á sus dioses; pues aun á sus hijos é hijas quemaban en el fuego á 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 Quod præcipio tibi, hoc tantum facito Domino: nec addas quidquam, nec minuas.
32 Cuidaréis de hacer todo lo que yo os mando: no añadirás á ello, ni quitarás de ello.
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.
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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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