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5 Mose 12
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Gottes Gebote für das Leben im Land Kanaan (Kapitel 12–26)

Gott will an einem besonderen Ort verehrt werden

12 Bald werdet ihr in dem Land wohnen, das der Herr, der Gott eurer Vorfahren, euch gibt. Ich teile euch nun die Ordnungen und Gebote mit, die ihr dort euer Leben lang befolgen sollt.

2 Zerstört unbedingt alle Stätten, an denen die Völker, die ihr vertreibt, ihre Götter verehrt haben: auf den Berggipfeln und Hügeln und unter allen dicht belaubten Bäumen. 3 Reißt die Altäre nieder, zerschlagt die heiligen Säulen! Verbrennt die Pfähle der Göttin Aschera und zerschmettert alle Götzenstatuen! Löscht jede Spur davon aus!

4 Ihr dürft den Herrn, euren Gott, nicht auf die gleiche Weise verehren wie diese Völker ihre Götter. 5 Stattdessen wird der Herr mitten in Israel einen Ort auswählen, an dem er selbst wohnen will[a]. Nur dorthin sollt ihr gehen, 6 um eure Brand- und Schlachtopfer darzubringen. Auch den zehnten Teil eurer Ernte, eure Abgaben für die Opfer und die erstgeborenen männlichen Tiere könnt ihr dort abliefern sowie alles, was ihr dem Herrn versprochen habt oder ihm freiwillig darbringen wollt. 7 Dort, in der Gegenwart des Herrn, sollt ihr mit euren Familien feiern, von den Opfergaben essen und euch an allem freuen, was ihr erarbeitet und von ihm geschenkt bekommen habt.

8 Es soll dann anders sein als heute. Denn bisher opfert jeder von euch, wo er es für richtig hält. 9 Ihr seid ja auch noch nicht am Ziel und habt das Land noch nicht bekommen, das der Herr, euer Gott, euch für immer schenken will. 10 Aber nun werdet ihr den Jordan überqueren und in dem Land wohnen, das euch der Herr, euer Gott, anvertraut. Er wird dafür sorgen, dass die Feinde ringsum euch in Ruhe lassen und ihr in Frieden leben könnt. 11 Dann wird der Herr, euer Gott, einen Ort auswählen, an dem er selbst wohnen will. Dorthin sollt ihr alles bringen, was ich euch vorschreibe: eure Brand- und Schlachtopfer, den zehnten Teil eurer Ernte, die Abgaben für die Opfer sowie alle besonderen Gaben, die ihr dem Herrn versprochen habt. 12 In seiner Gegenwart sollt ihr fröhlich feiern, zusammen mit euren Söhnen und Töchtern, euren Sklaven und Sklavinnen. Ladet auch die Leviten aus euren Städten dazu ein, denn sie besitzen keine eigenen Ländereien.

13 Hütet euch davor, eure Brandopfer an jeder beliebigen Stelle darzubringen! 14 Opfert allein an dem Ort, den der Herr in einem eurer Stammesgebiete aussuchen wird, und haltet euch an meine Weisungen!

15 Nur wenn ihr für euch selbst ein Tier schlachtet, dürft ihr das an eurem Wohnort tun. Dann könnt ihr nach Herzenslust von dem Fleisch essen, das der Herr, euer Gott, euch geschenkt hat. Das gilt selbst für Hirsche und Gazellen, die nicht geopfert werden dürfen. Es ist auch gleichgültig, ob ihr gerade rein oder unrein seid; jeder darf an der Mahlzeit teilnehmen. 16 Nur das Blut der Tiere sollt ihr nicht mitessen. Schüttet es auf die Erde wie Wasser!

17 Doch was dem Herrn geweiht ist, dürft ihr nicht in euren Städten verzehren, weder den zehnten Teil von Getreide, Weintrauben und Oliven noch die erstgeborenen männlichen Rinder, Schafe und Ziegen, auch nicht eure Abgaben für das Heiligtum oder etwas, was ihr dem Herrn aufgrund eines Versprechens oder freiwillig gebt. 18 All dies sollt ihr in der Gegenwart des Herrn, eures Gottes, essen, an dem Ort, den er auswählen wird. Dort sollt ihr zusammenkommen mit euren Söhnen und Töchtern, euren Sklaven und Sklavinnen und den Leviten aus euren Städten. So könnt ihr fröhlich die Früchte eurer Arbeit genießen. 19 Achtet darauf, dass ihr die Leviten immer mit versorgt, solange ihr in eurem Land lebt.

20-21 Viele von euch werden dann weit entfernt von dem Ort leben, an dem der Herr wohnen will. Deshalb ordne ich an, dass ihr an euren Wohnorten schlachten dürft. Wenn ihr Fleisch essen wollt, könnt ihr eure Rinder, Schafe und Ziegen schlachten. Dies dürft ihr an jedem beliebigen Ort tun. 22 Ihr könnt die Tiere essen, so wie Hirsche und Gazellen, die nicht geopfert werden dürfen. Es ist auch gleichgültig, ob ihr gerade rein oder unrein seid; jeder darf an der Mahlzeit teilnehmen. 23 Nur das Blut der Tiere sollt ihr auf keinen Fall mitessen! Denn im Blut ist das Leben. Ihr sollt es nicht zusammen mit dem Fleisch verzehren, 24 sondern wie Wasser auf die Erde schütten! 25 So verhaltet ihr euch in den Augen des Herrn richtig und werdet es gut haben, ihr und eure Nachkommen.

26 Eure Opfergaben aber und alles, was ihr dem Herrn versprochen habt, müsst ihr an den Ort bringen, den er auswählen wird! 27 Auf seinem Altar sollt ihr eure Brandopfer mit Fleisch und Blut verbrennen. Das Blut eurer Schlachtopfertiere gießt an den Altar, bevor ihr das Fleisch esst!

28 Beachtet alle Weisungen, die ich euch gebe! Dann wird es euch und euren Nachkommen für immer gut gehen; denn ihr tut, was in den Augen des Herrn, eures Gottes, gut und richtig ist.

Lasst euch nicht zum Götzendienst verführen!

29 Der Herr, euer Gott, wird die Völker ausrotten, zu denen ihr nun kommt. Ihr werdet ihr Land in Besitz nehmen und euch selbst dort ansiedeln. 30 Aber lasst euch nicht zum Götzendienst verführen, nachdem ihr diese Völker besiegt habt. Versucht nicht herauszufinden, wie sie ihre Götter verehrt haben. Sagt nicht: »Wir wollen es so machen wie sie!« 31 Das dürft ihr dem Herrn, eurem Gott, nicht antun! Denn diese Völker haben getan, was der Herr verabscheut. Sogar ihre Kinder haben sie für ihre Götter verbrannt.

Footnotes

  1. 12,5 Wörtlich: um seinen Namen dort niederzulegen. – So auch an anderen Stellen des Buches. Vgl. »Name Gottes« in den Sacherklärungen.
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The Chosen Place of Worship

12 “Be careful to follow these statutes and ordinances in the land that Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days you live on the earth. 2 Destroy completely all the places where the nations that you are driving out worship their gods(A)—on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. 3 Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their names from every[a] place. 4 Don’t worship the Lord your God this way. 5 Instead, you must turn to the place Yahweh your God chooses from all your tribes to put His name for His dwelling and go there. 6 You are to bring there your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tenths and personal contributions,[b] your vow offerings and freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. 7 You will eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice with your household in everything you do,[c] because the Lord your God has blessed you.

8 “You are not to do as we are doing here today; everyone is doing whatever seems right in his own eyes. 9 Indeed, you have not yet come into the resting place(B) and the inheritance(C) the Lord your God is giving you. 10 When you cross the Jordan and live in the land the Lord your God is giving you to inherit,(D) and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you live in security, 11 then Yahweh your God will choose the place to have His name dwell.(E) Bring there everything I command you: your burnt offerings, sacrifices, offerings of the tenth, personal contributions,[d] and all your choice offerings you vow to the Lord. 12 You will rejoice(F) before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.(G) 13 Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in all the sacred places you see. 14 You must offer your burnt offerings only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribes, and there you must do everything I command you.

Slaughtering Animals to Eat

15 “But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates,(H) according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you. Those who are clean or unclean may eat it, as they would a gazelle or deer, 16 but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.(I) 17 Within your gates you may not eat: the tenth of your grain, new wine, or oil; the firstborn of your herd or flock; any of your vow offerings that you pledge; your freewill offerings; or your personal contributions.[e] 18 You must eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God chooses—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite who is within your gates. Rejoice before the Lord your God in everything you do,[f] 19 and be careful not to neglect the Levite, as long as you live in your land.

20 “When the Lord your God enlarges your territory as He has promised you,(J) and you say, ‘I want to eat meat’ because you have a strong desire to eat meat, you may eat it whenever you want. 21 If the place where Yahweh your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, you may slaughter any of your herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want. 22 Indeed, you may eat it as the gazelle and deer are eaten; both the clean and the unclean may eat it. 23 But don’t eat the blood, since the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat. 24 Do not eat blood; pour it on the ground like water. 25 Do not eat it, so that you and your children after you will prosper, because you will be doing what is right in the Lord’s sight.

26 “But you are to take the holy offerings you have and your vow offerings and go to the place the Lord chooses. 27 Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord your God. The blood of your other sacrifices is to be poured out beside the altar of the Lord your God, but you may eat the meat. 28 Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that you and your children after you may prosper forever, because you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

29 “When the Lord your God annihilates the nations before you,(K) which you are entering to take possession of,(L) and you drive them out and live in their land, 30 be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, ‘How did these nations worship their gods? I’ll also do the same.’ 31 You must not do the same to the Lord your God, because they practice every detestable thing, which the Lord hates, for their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods. 32 [g]You must be careful to do everything I command you; do not add anything to it or take anything away from it.(M)

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:3 Lit that
  2. Deuteronomy 12:6 Lit and the contributions from your hands
  3. Deuteronomy 12:7 Lit you put your hand to
  4. Deuteronomy 12:11 Lit tenth, the contributions from your hands
  5. Deuteronomy 12:17 Lit or the contributions from your hands
  6. Deuteronomy 12:18 Lit you put your hand to
  7. Deuteronomy 12:32 Dt 13:1 in Hb
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A Prescribed Place of Worship

12 “These (A)are the statutes and judgments which you shall be careful to observe in the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you to possess, (B)all[a] the days that you live on the earth. 2 (C)You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods, (D)on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. 3 And (E)you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and burn their [b]wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place. 4 You shall not (F)worship the Lord your God with such things.

5 “But you shall seek the (G)place where the Lord your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His (H)dwelling[c] place; and there you shall go. 6 (I)There you shall take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, your vowed offerings, your freewill offerings, and the (J)firstborn of your herds and flocks. 7 And (K)there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and (L)you shall rejoice in [d]all to which you have put your hand, you and your households, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

8 “You shall not at all do as we are doing here today—(M)every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes— 9 for as yet you have not come to the (N)rest[e] and the inheritance which the Lord your God is giving you. 10 But when you cross over the Jordan and dwell in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and He gives you (O)rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety, 11 then there will be the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. There you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice offerings which you vow to the Lord. 12 And (P)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female servants, and the (Q)Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion nor inheritance with you. 13 Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; 14 but in the place which the Lord chooses, in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

15 “However, (R)you may slaughter and eat meat within all your gates, whatever your heart desires, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you; (S)the unclean and the clean may eat of it, (T)of the gazelle and the deer alike. 16 (U)Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water. 17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or your new wine or your oil, of the firstborn of your herd or your flock, of any of your offerings which you vow, of your freewill offerings, or of the [f]heave offering of your hand. 18 But you must eat them before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord your God chooses, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in [g]all to which you put your hands. 19 [h]Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

20 “When the Lord your God (V)enlarges your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘Let me eat meat,’ because you long to eat meat, you may eat as much meat as your heart desires. 21 If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from (W)you, then you may slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the Lord has given you, just as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your gates as much as your heart desires. 22 Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them. 23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, (X)for the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat. 24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth like water. 25 You shall not eat it, (Y)that it may go well with you and your children after you, (Z)when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord. 26 Only the (AA)holy things which you have, and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the Lord chooses. 27 And (AB)you shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of the Lord your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the Lord your God, and you shall eat the meat. 28 Observe and obey all these words which I command you, (AC)that it may go well with you and your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

Beware of False Gods

29 “When (AD)the Lord your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in their land, 30 take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.’ 31 (AE)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way; for every [i]abomination to the Lord which He hates they have done to their gods; for (AF)they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

32 “Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; (AG)you shall not add to it nor take away from it.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:1 As long as
  2. Deuteronomy 12:3 Heb. Asherim
  3. Deuteronomy 12:5 home
  4. Deuteronomy 12:7 all that you undertake
  5. Deuteronomy 12:9 Or place of rest
  6. Deuteronomy 12:17 contribution
  7. Deuteronomy 12:18 all your undertakings
  8. Deuteronomy 12:19 Be careful
  9. Deuteronomy 12:31 detestable action
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The One Place of Worship

12 These are the decrees(A) and laws you must be careful to follow in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess—as long as you live in the land.(B) 2 Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains,(C) on the hills and under every spreading tree,(D) where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods. 3 Break down their altars, smash(E) their sacred stones and burn(F) their Asherah(G) poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names(H) from those places.

4 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way.(I) 5 But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name(J) there for his dwelling.(K) To that place you must go; 6 there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes(L) and special gifts, what you have vowed(M) to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.(N) 7 There, in the presence(O) of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice(P) in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

8 You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit,(Q) 9 since you have not yet reached the resting place(R) and the inheritance(S) the Lord your God is giving you. 10 But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land the Lord your God is giving(T) you as an inheritance, and he will give you rest(U) from all your enemies around you so that you will live in safety. 11 Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name(V)—there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the Lord.(W) 12 And there rejoice(X) before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites(Y) from your towns who have no allotment or inheritance(Z) of their own. 13 Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please.(AA) 14 Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose(AB) in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

15 Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were gazelle or deer,(AC) according to the blessing the Lord your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it. 16 But you must not eat the blood;(AD) pour(AE) it out on the ground like water.(AF) 17 You must not eat in your own towns the tithe(AG) of your grain and new wine and olive oil,(AH) or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give,(AI) or your freewill offerings or special gifts.(AJ) 18 Instead, you are to eat(AK) them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God will choose(AL)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns—and you are to rejoice(AM) before the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to. 19 Be careful not to neglect the Levites(AN) as long as you live in your land.(AO)

20 When the Lord your God has enlarged your territory(AP) as he promised(AQ) you, and you crave meat(AR) and say, “I would like some meat,” then you may eat as much of it as you want. 21 If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put his Name(AS) is too far away from you, you may slaughter animals from the herds and flocks the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and in your own towns you may eat as much of them as you want.(AT) 22 Eat them as you would gazelle or deer.(AU) Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat. 23 But be sure you do not eat the blood,(AV) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.(AW) 24 You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.(AX) 25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well(AY) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right(AZ) in the eyes of the Lord.

26 But take your consecrated things and whatever you have vowed to give,(BA) and go to the place the Lord will choose. 27 Present your burnt offerings(BB) on the altar of the Lord your God, both the meat and the blood. The blood of your sacrifices must be poured beside the altar of the Lord your God, but you may eat(BC) the meat. 28 Be careful to obey all these regulations I am giving you, so that it may always go well(BD) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

29 The Lord your God will cut off(BE) before you the nations you are about to invade and dispossess. But when you have driven them out and settled in their land,(BF) 30 and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared(BG) by inquiring about their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.”(BH) 31 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the Lord hates.(BI) They even burn their sons(BJ) and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.(BK)

32 See that you do all I command you; do not add(BL) to it or take away from it.[a]

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:32 In Hebrew texts this verse (12:32) is numbered 13:1.
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