24. Instead, pour out the blood on the ground like water.
25. Do not consume the blood, so that all may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what pleases the lord.
26. “Take your sacred gifts and your offerings given to fulfill a vow to the place the lord chooses.
27. You must offer the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the lord your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out on the altar of the lord your God, but you may eat the meat.
28. Be careful to obey all my commands, so that all will go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and pleasing to the lord your God.
29. “When the lord your God goes ahead of you and destroys the nations and you drive them out and live in their land,
30. do not fall into the trap of following their customs and worshiping their gods. Do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations worship their gods? I want to follow their example.’