¹Hæc sunt præcepta atque judicia,“These are the preceptsquæ facere debetis in terra,and judgments which you must do in the land which the Lord,quam Dominus Deus patrum tuorum daturus est tibi,the God of your fathers,ut possideas eam cunctis diebus,will give to you,quibus super humum gradieris.so that you may possess it during all the days that you shall walk upon the soil.

¹Hæc sunt præcepta atque judicia,“These are the preceptsquæ facere debetis in terra,and judgments which you must do in the land which the Lord,quam Dominus Deus patrum tuorum daturus est tibi,the God of your fathers,ut possideas eam cunctis diebus,will give to you,quibus super humum gradieris.so that you may possess it during all the days that you shall walk upon the soil.

²Subvertite omnia loca, in quibus coluerunt gentes,Overturn all the places where the nations,quas possessuri estis,which you will possess,deos suos super montes excelsos, et colles,worshipped their gods on lofty mountains,et subter omne lignum frondosum.and on hills, and under every leafy tree.

²Subvertite omnia loca, in quibus coluerunt gentes,Overturn all the places where the nations,quas possessuri estis,which you will possess,deos suos super montes excelsos, et colles,worshipped their gods on lofty mountains,et subter omne lignum frondosum.and on hills, and under every leafy tree.

³Dissipate aras eorum,Scatter their altarset confringite statuas:and break their statues.lucos igne comburite,Burn their sacred groves with fireet idola comminuite:and crush their idols.disperdite nomina eorum de locis illis.Abolish their names from those places.

³Dissipate aras eorum,Scatter their altarset confringite statuas:and break their statues.lucos igne comburite,Burn their sacred groves with fireet idola comminuite:and crush their idols.disperdite nomina eorum de locis illis.Abolish their names from those places.

⁴Non facietis ita Domino Deo vestro:But you shall not do the same to the Lord your God.

⁴Non facietis ita Domino Deo vestro:But you shall not do the same to the Lord your God.

⁵sed ad locum, quem elegerit Dominus Deus vester de cunctis tribubus vestris,Instead, you shall approach the place which the Lord your God will choose among all your tribes,ut ponat nomen suum ibi,so that he may set his name there,et habitet in eo, venietis:and may dwell in that place.

⁵sed ad locum, quem elegerit Dominus Deus vester de cunctis tribubus vestris,Instead, you shall approach the place which the Lord your God will choose among all your tribes,ut ponat nomen suum ibi,so that he may set his name there,et habitet in eo, venietis:and may dwell in that place.

⁶et offeretis in loco illo holocausta et victimas vestras,And you shall offer, in that place, your holocausts and victims,decimas et primitias manuum vestrarum,the tithes and first-fruits of your hands,et vota atque donaria,and your vows and gifts,primogenita boum et ovium.the firstborn of the cattle and of the sheep.

⁶et offeretis in loco illo holocausta et victimas vestras,And you shall offer, in that place, your holocausts and victims,decimas et primitias manuum vestrarum,the tithes and first-fruits of your hands,et vota atque donaria,and your vows and gifts,primogenita boum et ovium.the firstborn of the cattle and of the sheep.

⁷Et comedetis ibi in conspectu Domini Dei vestri:And you shall eat it there,ac lætabimini in cunctis,in the sight of the Lord your God.ad quæ miseritis manum vosAnd you shall rejoice in all the things to which you shall set your hand:et domus vestræ,you and your household,in quibus benedixerit vobis Dominus Deus vester.which the Lord your God has blessed for you.

⁷Et comedetis ibi in conspectu Domini Dei vestri:And you shall eat it there,ac lætabimini in cunctis,in the sight of the Lord your God.ad quæ miseritis manum vosAnd you shall rejoice in all the things to which you shall set your hand:et domus vestræ,you and your household,in quibus benedixerit vobis Dominus Deus vester.which the Lord your God has blessed for you.

⁸Non facietis ibi quæ nos hic facimus hodie,You shall not do there the things that we are doing here today:singuli quod sibi rectum videtur:each one doing what seems good to himself.

⁸Non facietis ibi quæ nos hic facimus hodie,You shall not do there the things that we are doing here today:singuli quod sibi rectum videtur:each one doing what seems good to himself.

⁹neque enim usque in præsens tempus venistis ad requiem,For even until the present time,et possessionem,you did not arrive at the rest and the possession,quam Dominus Deus vester daturus est vobis.which the Lord your God will give to you.

⁹neque enim usque in præsens tempus venistis ad requiem,For even until the present time,et possessionem,you did not arrive at the rest and the possession,quam Dominus Deus vester daturus est vobis.which the Lord your God will give to you.

¹⁰Transibitis Jordanem,You shall cross over the Jordan,et habitabitis in terra, quam Dominus Deus vester daturus est vobis,and you shall live in the land which the Lord your God will give to you,ut requiescatis a cunctis hostibus per circuitum:so that you may have rest from all the surrounding enemies,et absque ullo timore habitetisand so that you may live without any fear,

¹⁰Transibitis Jordanem,You shall cross over the Jordan,et habitabitis in terra, quam Dominus Deus vester daturus est vobis,and you shall live in the land which the Lord your God will give to you,ut requiescatis a cunctis hostibus per circuitum:so that you may have rest from all the surrounding enemies,et absque ullo timore habitetisand so that you may live without any fear,

¹¹in loco, quem elegerit Dominus Deus vester,in the place which the Lord your God will choose,ut sit nomen ejus in eo:so that his name may be in it.illuc omnia,To that place,quæ præcipio, conferetis, holocausta,you shall bring all the things that I instruct you:et hostias,holocausts,ac decimas,and victims,et primitias manuum vestrarum:and tithes, and the first-fruits of your hands,et quidquid præcipuum est in muneribus, quæ vovebitis Domino.and whatever is best among the gifts that you shall vow to the Lord.

¹¹in loco, quem elegerit Dominus Deus vester,in the place which the Lord your God will choose,ut sit nomen ejus in eo:so that his name may be in it.illuc omnia,To that place,quæ præcipio, conferetis, holocausta,you shall bring all the things that I instruct you:et hostias,holocausts,ac decimas,and victims,et primitias manuum vestrarum:and tithes, and the first-fruits of your hands,et quidquid præcipuum est in muneribus, quæ vovebitis Domino.and whatever is best among the gifts that you shall vow to the Lord.

¹²Ibi epulabimini coram Domino Deo vestro,In that place, you shall feast before the Lord your God:vos et filii ac filiæ vestræ,you, and your sons and daughters,famuli et famulæ, atque Levites qui in urbibus vestris commoratur:your men and women servants, as well as the Levite who dwells in your cities.neque enim habet aliam partem et possessionem inter vos.For he has no other portion or possession among you.

¹²Ibi epulabimini coram Domino Deo vestro,In that place, you shall feast before the Lord your God:vos et filii ac filiæ vestræ,you, and your sons and daughters,famuli et famulæ, atque Levites qui in urbibus vestris commoratur:your men and women servants, as well as the Levite who dwells in your cities.neque enim habet aliam partem et possessionem inter vos.For he has no other portion or possession among you.

¹³Cave ne offeras holocausta tua in omni loco, quem videris:Take care that you do not offer your holocausts in any place that you see.

¹³Cave ne offeras holocausta tua in omni loco, quem videris:Take care that you do not offer your holocausts in any place that you see.

¹⁴sed in eo,Instead,quem elegerit Dominus, in una tribuum tuarum offeres hostias,you shall offer sacrifices in the place which the Lord will choose within one of your tribes,et facies quæcumque præcipio tibi.and you shall do whatsoever I instruct you.

¹⁴sed in eo,Instead,quem elegerit Dominus, in una tribuum tuarum offeres hostias,you shall offer sacrifices in the place which the Lord will choose within one of your tribes,et facies quæcumque præcipio tibi.and you shall do whatsoever I instruct you.

¹⁵Sin autem comedere volueris,So,et te esus carnium delectaverit,if you wish to eat,occide,and if the eating of flesh pleases you,comede juxta benedictionem Domini Dei tui,then kill and eat according to the blessing of the Lord your God,quam dedit tibi in urbibus tuis:which he has given to you,sive immundum fuerit,in your cities:hoc est,you may eat it whether it is unclean,maculatum et debile:that is,sive mundum,having blemish or defect,hoc est,or whether it is clean,integrum et sine macula,that is,quod offerri licet,whole and without blemish,sicut capream et cervum,of the kind which is permitted to be offered,comedes:such as the roe deer and the stag.

¹⁵Sin autem comedere volueris,So,et te esus carnium delectaverit,if you wish to eat,occide,and if the eating of flesh pleases you,comede juxta benedictionem Domini Dei tui,then kill and eat according to the blessing of the Lord your God,quam dedit tibi in urbibus tuis:which he has given to you,sive immundum fuerit,in your cities:hoc est,you may eat it whether it is unclean,maculatum et debile:that is,sive mundum,having blemish or defect,hoc est,or whether it is clean,integrum et sine macula,that is,quod offerri licet,whole and without blemish,sicut capream et cervum,of the kind which is permitted to be offered,comedes:such as the roe deer and the stag.

¹⁶absque esu dumtaxat sanguinis,Only the blood you shall not eat. Instead,quem super terram quasi aquam effundes.you shall pour it upon the ground like water.

¹⁶absque esu dumtaxat sanguinis,Only the blood you shall not eat. Instead,quem super terram quasi aquam effundes.you shall pour it upon the ground like water.

¹⁷Non poteris comedere in oppidis tuis decimam frumenti,You may not eat in your towns the tithes of your crops,et vini, et olei tui,and your wine and oil,primogenita armentorum et pecorum,the firstborn of your herds and your flocks,et omnia quæ voveris,nor anything which you will vow,et sponte offerre volueris,or which you will offer spontaneously,et primitias manuum tuarum:nor the first-fruits of your hands.

¹⁷Non poteris comedere in oppidis tuis decimam frumenti,You may not eat in your towns the tithes of your crops,et vini, et olei tui,and your wine and oil,primogenita armentorum et pecorum,the firstborn of your herds and your flocks,et omnia quæ voveris,nor anything which you will vow,et sponte offerre volueris,or which you will offer spontaneously,et primitias manuum tuarum:nor the first-fruits of your hands.

¹⁸sed coram Domino Deo tuo comedes ea in loco,But you shall eat these before the Lord your God,quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus,in the place which the Lord your God will choose:tu et filius tuus,you, and your son,et filia tua,and your daughter,et servus et famula, atque Levites qui manet in urbibus tuis:and your man servant and woman servant, and the Levite who dwells in your cities.et lætaberis et reficieris coram Domino Deo tuo in cunctis ad quæ extenderis manum tuam.And you shall rejoice and be refreshed in the sight of the Lord your God by all the things to which you will extend your hand.

¹⁸sed coram Domino Deo tuo comedes ea in loco,But you shall eat these before the Lord your God,quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus,in the place which the Lord your God will choose:tu et filius tuus,you, and your son,et filia tua,and your daughter,et servus et famula, atque Levites qui manet in urbibus tuis:and your man servant and woman servant, and the Levite who dwells in your cities.et lætaberis et reficieris coram Domino Deo tuo in cunctis ad quæ extenderis manum tuam.And you shall rejoice and be refreshed in the sight of the Lord your God by all the things to which you will extend your hand.

¹⁹Cave ne derelinquas Levitem in omni tempore quo versaris in terra.Be careful, lest you abandon the Levite, at any time while you are living in the land.

¹⁹Cave ne derelinquas Levitem in omni tempore quo versaris in terra.Be careful, lest you abandon the Levite, at any time while you are living in the land.

²⁰Quando dilataverit Dominus Deus tuus terminos tuos,When the Lord your God will have enlarged your borders,sicut locutus est tibi,just as he has spoken to you,et volueris vesci carnibus, quas desiderat anima tua:and when you would eat the flesh that your soul desires,

²⁰Quando dilataverit Dominus Deus tuus terminos tuos,When the Lord your God will have enlarged your borders,sicut locutus est tibi,just as he has spoken to you,et volueris vesci carnibus, quas desiderat anima tua:and when you would eat the flesh that your soul desires,

²¹locus autem,but if the place which the Lord your God will choose,quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus ut sit nomen ejus ibi,so that his name may be there,si procul fuerit,is far away,occides de armentis et pecoribus,you may kill,quæ habueris,from your herds and your flocks which you will have,sicut præcepi tibi,in the manner I have instructed to you,et comedes in oppidis tuis,and you may eat in your towns,ut tibi placet.as it pleases you.

²¹locus autem,but if the place which the Lord your God will choose,quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus ut sit nomen ejus ibi,so that his name may be there,si procul fuerit,is far away,occides de armentis et pecoribus,you may kill,quæ habueris,from your herds and your flocks which you will have,sicut præcepi tibi,in the manner I have instructed to you,et comedes in oppidis tuis,and you may eat in your towns,ut tibi placet.as it pleases you.

²²Sicut comeditur caprea et cervus,Just as the roe deer and the stag may be eaten,ita vesceris eis:so also may you eat these:et mundus et immundus in commune vescentur.you may eat both the clean and the unclean alike.

²²Sicut comeditur caprea et cervus,Just as the roe deer and the stag may be eaten,ita vesceris eis:so also may you eat these:et mundus et immundus in commune vescentur.you may eat both the clean and the unclean alike.

²³Hoc solum cave,Only beware of this:ne sanguinem comedas:you may not eat the blood.sanguis enim eorum pro anima est,For their blood is for the soul.et idcirco non debes animam comedere cum carnibus:And because of this, you must not eat the soul with the flesh.

²³Hoc solum cave,Only beware of this:ne sanguinem comedas:you may not eat the blood.sanguis enim eorum pro anima est,For their blood is for the soul.et idcirco non debes animam comedere cum carnibus:And because of this, you must not eat the soul with the flesh.

²⁴sed super terram fundes quasi aquam,Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water,

²⁴sed super terram fundes quasi aquam,Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water,

²⁵ut bene sit tibiso that it may be well with you,et filiis tuis post te,and with your sons after you,cum feceris quod placet in conspectu Domini.when you will do what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord.

²⁵ut bene sit tibiso that it may be well with you,et filiis tuis post te,and with your sons after you,cum feceris quod placet in conspectu Domini.when you will do what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord.

²⁶Quæ autem sanctificaveris, et voveris Domino,But the things that you have sanctified and vowed to the Lord,tolles, et venies ad locum, quem elegerit Dominus:you shall take up and bring to the place which the Lord will choose.

²⁶Quæ autem sanctificaveris, et voveris Domino,But the things that you have sanctified and vowed to the Lord,tolles, et venies ad locum, quem elegerit Dominus:you shall take up and bring to the place which the Lord will choose.

²⁷et offeres oblationes tuas carnem et sanguinem super altare Domini Dei tui:And you shall offer your oblations of flesh and of blood upon the altar of the Lord your God.sanguinem hostiarum fundes in altari;You shall poor out the blood of your victims upon the altar.carnibus autem ipse vesceris.And you yourself shall eat the flesh.

²⁷et offeres oblationes tuas carnem et sanguinem super altare Domini Dei tui:And you shall offer your oblations of flesh and of blood upon the altar of the Lord your God.sanguinem hostiarum fundes in altari;You shall poor out the blood of your victims upon the altar.carnibus autem ipse vesceris.And you yourself shall eat the flesh.

²⁸Observa et audi omnia quæ ego præcipio tibi,Observe and heed all the things that I instruct to you,ut bene sit tibi et filiis tuis post te in sempiternum,so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you,cum feceris quod bonum est et placitum in conspectu Domini Dei tui.continually, when you will do what is good and pleasing in the sight of the Lord your God.

²⁸Observa et audi omnia quæ ego præcipio tibi,Observe and heed all the things that I instruct to you,ut bene sit tibi et filiis tuis post te in sempiternum,so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you,cum feceris quod bonum est et placitum in conspectu Domini Dei tui.continually, when you will do what is good and pleasing in the sight of the Lord your God.

²⁹Quando disperdiderit Dominus Deus tuus ante faciem tuam gentes,When the Lord your God will have abolished before your face the nations,ad quas ingredieris possidendas,which you shall enter so as to possess them,et possederis eas,and when you will possess thematque habitaveris in terra earum:and live in their land,

²⁹Quando disperdiderit Dominus Deus tuus ante faciem tuam gentes,When the Lord your God will have abolished before your face the nations,ad quas ingredieris possidendas,which you shall enter so as to possess them,et possederis eas,and when you will possess thematque habitaveris in terra earum:and live in their land,

³⁰cave ne imiteris eas,be careful that you do not imitate them,postquam te fuerint introëunte subversæ,after they have been overturned at your arrival,et requiras cæremonias earum,and that you do not seek their ceremonies,dicens:saying:Sicut coluerunt gentes istæ deos suos,‘Just as these nations have worshipped their gods,ita et ego colam.so also will I worship.’

³⁰cave ne imiteris eas,be careful that you do not imitate them,postquam te fuerint introëunte subversæ,after they have been overturned at your arrival,et requiras cæremonias earum,and that you do not seek their ceremonies,dicens:saying:Sicut coluerunt gentes istæ deos suos,‘Just as these nations have worshipped their gods,ita et ego colam.so also will I worship.’

³¹Non facies similiter Domino Deo tuo.You shall not act in like manner toward the Lord your God.Omnes enim abominationes, quas aversatur Dominus, fecerunt diis suis,For they have done to their gods all the abominations that the Lord spurns,offerentes filios et filias,offering their sons and daughters,et comburentes igni.and burning them with fire.

³¹Non facies similiter Domino Deo tuo.You shall not act in like manner toward the Lord your God.Omnes enim abominationes, quas aversatur Dominus, fecerunt diis suis,For they have done to their gods all the abominations that the Lord spurns,offerentes filios et filias,offering their sons and daughters,et comburentes igni.and burning them with fire.

³²Quod præcipio tibi,What I command to you,hoc tantum facito Domino:this only shall you do,nec addas quidquam,for the Lord.nec minuas.You may neither add nor subtract anything.”

³²Quod præcipio tibi,What I command to you,hoc tantum facito Domino:this only shall you do,nec addas quidquam,for the Lord.nec minuas.You may neither add nor subtract anything.”