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Deuteronomy 12:26-27-32 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

26-27. All sacrifices and offerings to the Lord must be taken to the place where he chooses to be worshipped. If you offer a sacrifice to please the Lord, all of its meat must be burnt on the altar. You can eat the meat from certain kinds of sacrifices, but you must always pour out the animal's blood on the altar.

28. If you obey these laws, you will be doing what the Lord your God says is right and good. Then he will help you and your descendants be successful.

29. Israel, as you go into the land and attack the nations that are there, the Lord will get rid of them, and you can have their land.

30. But that's when you must be especially careful not to ask, “How did those nations worship their gods? Shouldn't we worship the Lord in the same way?”

31. No, you should not! The Lord hates the disgusting way those nations worship their gods, because they even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices.

32. Obey all the laws and teachings I am giving you. Don't add any, and don't take any away.

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