- Deuteronomy 12:11
וְהָיָה הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם בּוֹ לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם שָׁמָּה תָבִיאוּ אֵת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם עוֹלֹתֵיכֶם וְזִבְחֵיכֶם מַעְשְׂרֹתֵיכֶם וּתְרֻמַת יֶדְכֶם וְכֹל מִבְחַר נִדְרֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר תִּדְּרוּ לַיהֹוָה׃
then you must bring everything that I command you to the site where the ETERNAL your God will choose to establish the divine name: your burnt offerings and other sacrifices, your tithes and contributions, and all the choice votive offerings that you vow to GOD.
Targum Onkelos
וִיהֵי אַתְרָא דְּיִתְרְעֵי יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן בֵּיהּ לְאַשְׁרָאָה שְׁכִינְתֵיהּ תַּמָּן לְתַמָּן תַּיְתוֹן יָת כָּל דַּאֲנָא מְפַקֵּיד יָתְכוֹן עֲלָוָתְכוֹן וְנִכְסַת קוּדְשֵׁיכוֹן מַעְשְׂרֵיכוֹן וְאַפְרָשׁוּת יַדְכוֹן וְכֹל שְׁפַר נִדְרֵיכוֹן דְּתִדְּרוּן קֳדָם יְיָ׃
Let it be that the place where Adonoy, your God, chooses to place His Presence [Shechinah] therein—it is there you shall bring all that I am commanding you: your burnt-offerings and your sacred-offerings, your tithes and your hand-offerings, and your choice promissory offerings that you pledge to [before] Adonoy.
- Deuteronomy 12:12
וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אַתֶּם וּבְנֵיכֶם וּבְנֹתֵיכֶם וְעַבְדֵיכֶם וְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶם וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בְּשַׁעֲרֵיכֶם כִּי אֵין לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה אִתְּכֶם׃
And you shall rejoice before the ETERNAL your God with your sons and daughters and with your male and female slaves, along with the Levite in your settlements, for he has no territorial allotment among you.
Targum Onkelos
וְתִחְדּוֹן קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן אַתּוּן וּבְנֵיכוֹן וּבְנָתְכוֹן וְעַבְדֵיכוֹן וְאַמְהָתְכוֹן וְלֵיוָאָה דִּבְקִרְוֵיכוֹן אֲרֵי לֵית לֵיהּ חוּלָק וְאַחְסָנָא עִמְּכוֹן׃
You are to rejoice in the presence of Adonoy, your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male slaves and your female slaves, and the Levite who is in your cities, for he has no portion or territory with you.
- Deuteronomy 12:13
הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן־תַּעֲלֶה עֹלֹתֶיךָ בְּכׇל־מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶה׃
Take care not to sacrifice your burnt offerings in any place you like,
Targum Onkelos
אִסְתְּמַר לָךְ דִּלְמָא תַסֵּיק עֲלָוָותָךְ בְּכָל אַתְרָא דְּתִחְזֵי׃
Take heed, lest you offer up your burnt-offerings anywhere you envision as proper.
- Deuteronomy 12:14
כִּי אִם־בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהֹוָה בְּאַחַד שְׁבָטֶיךָ שָׁם תַּעֲלֶה עֹלֹתֶיךָ וְשָׁם תַּעֲשֶׂה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּךָּ׃
but only in the place that GOD will choose in one of your tribal territories. There you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and there you shall observe all that I enjoin upon you.
Targum Onkelos
אֱלָהֵין בְּאַתְרָא דְּיִתְרְעֵי יְיָ בַּחֲדָא מִן שִׁבְטָךְ תַּמָּן תַּסֵּיק עֲלָוָותָךְ וְתַמָּן תַּעֲבֵיד כֹּל דַּאֲנָא מְפַקֵּיד לָךְ׃
Solely in the place that Adonoy chooses within one of your tribes, there are you to offer up your burnt-offerings, and there are you to do everything that I am commanding you.
- Deuteronomy 12:15
רַק בְּכׇל־אַוַּת נַפְשְׁךָ תִּזְבַּח ׀ וְאָכַלְתָּ בָשָׂר כְּבִרְכַּת יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן־לְךָ בְּכׇל־שְׁעָרֶיךָ הַטָּמֵא וְהַטָּהוֹר יֹאכְלֶנּוּ כַּצְּבִי וְכָאַיָּל׃
But whenever you desire, you may slaughter and eat meat in any of your settlements, according to the blessing that the ETERNAL your God has granted you. The impure and the pure alike may partake of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.
Targum Onkelos
לְחוֹד בְּכָל רְעוּת נַפְשָׁךְ תִּכּוֹס וְתֵיכוֹל בִּשְׂרָא כְּבִרְכְּתָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ דִּיהַב לָךְ בְּכָל קִרְוָךְ מְסָאֲבָא וְדָכְיָא יֵיכְלוּנֵּיהּ כִּבְשַׂר טַבְיָא וְאַיְלָא׃
Except with the fullness of your appetite you may slaughter and eat meat in accord with the blessing of Adonoy, your God, that He has given you in all your cities; the ritually unclean and the clean will eat it like the [meat of the] deer and the gazelle.
- Deuteronomy 12:16
רַק הַדָּם לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ עַל־הָאָרֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶנּוּ כַּמָּיִם׃
But you must not partake of the blood; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
Targum Onkelos
לְחוֹד דְּמָא לָא תֵיכְלוּן עַל אַרְעָא תֵּישְׁדִנֵּיהּ כְּמַיָּא׃
However, you may not eat the blood; on the earth are you to spill it like water.
- Deuteronomy 12:17
לֹא־תוּכַל לֶאֱכֹל בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ מַעְשַׂר דְּגָנְךָ וְתִירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ וּבְכֹרֹת בְּקָרְךָ וְצֹאנֶךָ וְכׇל־נְדָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּדֹּר וְנִדְבֹתֶיךָ וּתְרוּמַת יָדֶךָ׃
You may not partake in your settlements of the tithes of your new grain or wine or oil, or of the firstlings of your herds and flocks, or of any of the votive offerings that you vow, or of your freewill offerings, or of your contributions.
Targum Onkelos
לֵית לָךְ רְשׁוּ לְמֵיכַל בְּקִרְוָךְ מַעְשַׂר עֲבוּרָךְ וְחַמְרָךְ וּמִשְׁחָךְ וּבְכוֹרֵי תוֹרָךְ וְעָאנָךְ וְכָל נִדְרָךְ דְּתִדַּר וְנִדְבָתָךְ וְאַפְרָשׁוּת יְדָךְ׃
You are not permitted to eat in your cities the tithe of your grain and your wine and your olive oil, and the first-born of your cattle and your flocks, and all your pledges that you pledge, and your donations and the terumah-separation of your hand-offerings].
- Deuteronomy 12:18
כִּי אִם־לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ תֹּאכְלֶנּוּ בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בּוֹ אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבִתֶּךָ וְעַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתֶךָ וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְשָׂמַחְתָּ לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכֹל מִשְׁלַח יָדֶךָ׃
These you must consume before the ETERNAL your God in the place that the ETERNAL your God will choose—you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levite in your settlements—happy before the ETERNAL your God in all your undertakings.
Targum Onkelos
אֱלָהֵין קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ תֵּיכְלִנֵּיהּ בְּאַתְרָא דְּיִתְרְעֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בֵּיהּ אַתְּ וּבְרָךְ וּבְרַתָּךְ וְעַבְדָּךְ וְאַמְתָּךְ וְלֵיוָאָה דִּבְקִרְוָךְ וְתִחְדֵי קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּכֹל אוֹשָׁטוּת יְדָךְ׃
Rather, before Adonoy, your God, are you to eat it, in the place that Adonoy, your God, chooses—you and your son and your daughter, and your male slave and your female slave, and the Levite in your cities; and you will be happy in the presence of Adonoy, your God, with the sum of your handiwork.
- Deuteronomy 12:19
הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן־תַּעֲזֹב אֶת־הַלֵּוִי כׇּל־יָמֶיךָ עַל־אַדְמָתֶךָ׃
Be sure not to neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.
Targum Onkelos
אִסְתְּמַר לָךְ דִּלְמָא תְרַחֵיק יָת לֵיוָאָה כָּל יוֹמָךְ עַל אַרְעָךְ׃
Watch yourself, lest you forsake the Levite, all your years on your land.
- Deuteronomy 12:20
כִּי־יַרְחִיב יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־גְּבֻלְךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר־לָךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ אֹכְלָה בָשָׂר כִּי־תְאַוֶּה נַפְשְׁךָ לֶאֱכֹל בָּשָׂר בְּכׇל־אַוַּת נַפְשְׁךָ תֹּאכַל בָּשָׂר׃
When GOD enlarges your territory, as promised, and you say, “I shall eat some meat,” for you have the urge to eat meat, you may eat meat whenever you wish.
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי יַפְתֵּי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָת תְּחוּמָךְ כְּמָא דְּמַלֵּיל לָךְ וְתֵימַר אֵיכוֹל בִּשְׂרָא אֲרֵי תִתְרְעֵי נַפְשָׁךְ לְמֵיכַל בִּשְׂרָא בְּכָל רְעוּת נַפְשָׁךְ תֵּיכוֹל בִּשְׂרָא׃
When Adonoy, your God, expands your border as He promised you, and you say, ‘‘I would like to eat meat’’ because you have an appetite to eat meat; to the full extent of your appetite eat meat.
- Deuteronomy 12:21
כִּי־יִרְחַק מִמְּךָ הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָשׂוּם שְׁמוֹ שָׁם וְזָבַחְתָּ מִבְּקָרְךָ וּמִצֹּאנְךָ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהֹוָה לְךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִךָ וְאָכַלְתָּ בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ בְּכֹל אַוַּת נַפְשֶׁךָ׃
If the place where GOD has chosen to establish the divine name is too far from you, you may slaughter any of the cattle or sheep that GOD gives you, as I have instructed you; and you may eat to your heart’s content in your settlements.
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי יִתְרַחַק מִנָּךְ אַתְרָא דְּיִתְרְעֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְאַשְׁרָאָה שְׁכִינְתֵיהּ תַּמָּן וְתִכּוֹס מִתּוֹרָךְ וּמֵעָנָךְ דִּיהַב יְיָ לָךְ כְּמָא דְּפַקֵּידְתָּךְ וְתֵיכוֹל בְּקִרְוָךְ בְּכֹל רְעוּת נַפְשָׁךְ׃
When the place is distant from you that Adonoy, your God, chooses to set His Presence [Shechinah] there, you may slaughter some of your cattle or your flocks that Adonoy gave you, as I have commanded you; and you will eat in your cities with all your appetite.
- Deuteronomy 12:22
אַךְ כַּאֲשֶׁר יֵאָכֵל אֶת־הַצְּבִי וְאֶת־הָאַיָּל כֵּן תֹּאכְלֶנּוּ הַטָּמֵא וְהַטָּהוֹר יַחְדָּו יֹאכְלֶנּוּ׃
Eat it, however, as the gazelle and the deer are eaten: the impure may eat it together with the pure.
Targum Onkelos
בְּרַם כְּמָא דְּמִתְאֲכִיל בְּשַׂר טַבְיָא וְאַיְלָא כֵּן תֵּיכְלִנֵּיהּ מְסָאֲבָא וְדָכְיָא כַּחְדָּא יֵיכְלִנֵּיהּ׃
Only, as the [meat of the] dear and the gazelle may be eaten, so may you eat it; the ritually unclean and the clean together may eat it.
- Deuteronomy 12:23
רַק חֲזַק לְבִלְתִּי אֲכֹל הַדָּם כִּי הַדָּם הוּא הַנָּפֶשׁ וְלֹא־תֹאכַל הַנֶּפֶשׁ עִם־הַבָּשָׂר׃
But make sure that you do not partake of the blood; for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the life with the flesh.
Targum Onkelos
לְחוֹד תְּקַף בְּדִיל דְּלָא לְמֵיכַל דְּמָא אֲרֵי דְּמָא הוּא נַפְשָׁא וְלָא תֵיכוֹל נַפְשָׁא עִם בִּשְׂרָא׃
Only, exercise strength in not eating [in order not to eat] the blood, for the blood is the life; and do not eat the spirit with the meat.
- Deuteronomy 12:24
לֹא תֹּאכְלֶנּוּ עַל־הָאָרֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶנּוּ כַּמָּיִם׃
You must not partake of it; you must pour it out on the ground like water:
Targum Onkelos
לָא תֵיכְלִנֵּיהּ עַל אַרְעָא תֵּישְׁדִנֵּיהּ כְּמַיָּא׃
Do not eat it; onto the earth are you to spill it like water.
- Deuteronomy 12:25
לֹא תֹּאכְלֶנּוּ לְמַעַן יִיטַב לְךָ וּלְבָנֶיךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ כִּי־תַעֲשֶׂה הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה׃
you must not partake of it, in order that it may go well with you and with your descendants to come, for you will be doing what is right in GOD’s sight.
Targum Onkelos
לָא תֵיכְלִנֵּיהּ בְּדִיל דְּיִיטַב לָךְ וְלִבְנָךְ בָּתְרָךְ אֲרֵי תַעֲבֵיד דְּכָשַׁר קֳדָם יְיָ׃
Do not eat it, so that you may enjoy beneficience, and your children after you, when you do the upright [proper] in Adonoy’s eyes.
- Deuteronomy 12:26
רַק קׇדָשֶׁיךָ אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיוּ לְךָ וּנְדָרֶיךָ תִּשָּׂא וּבָאתָ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהֹוָה׃
But such sacred and votive donations as you may have shall be taken by you to the site that GOD will choose.
Targum Onkelos
לְחוֹד קוּדְשָׁךְ דִּיהוֹן לָךְ וְנִדְרָךְ תִּטּוֹל וְתֵיתֵי לְאַתְרָא דְּיִתְרְעֵי יְיָ׃
However, your sacred offerings [tithes] that you will have, and your pledges, you are to bring when you come to the place that Adonoy chooses.
- Deuteronomy 12:27
וְעָשִׂיתָ עֹלֹתֶיךָ הַבָּשָׂר וְהַדָּם עַל־מִזְבַּח יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְדַם־זְבָחֶיךָ יִשָּׁפֵךְ עַל־מִזְבַּח יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְהַבָּשָׂר תֹּאכֵל׃
You shall offer your burnt offerings, both the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the ETERNAL your God; and of your other sacrifices, the blood shall be poured out on the altar of the ETERNAL your God, and you shall eat the flesh.
Targum Onkelos
וְתַעֲבֵיד עֲלָוָותָךְ בִּשְׂרָא וּדְמָא עַל מַדְבְּחָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ וְדַם נִכְסַת קוּדְשָׁךְ יִשְׁתְּפֵיךְ עַל מַדְבְּחָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ וּבִשְׂרָא תֵיכוֹל׃
You are to execute your burnt-offerings—the meat and the blood—on the altar of Adonoy, your God; and the blood of your peace [sacred]-offerings will be poured on the altar of Adonoy, your God, then you will eat the meat.
- Deuteronomy 12:28
שְׁמֹר וְשָׁמַעְתָּ אֵת כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּךָּ לְמַעַן יִיטַב לְךָ וּלְבָנֶיךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ עַד־עוֹלָם כִּי תַעֲשֶׂה הַטּוֹב וְהַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃
Be careful to heed all these commandments that I enjoin upon you; thus it will go well with you and with your descendants after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the ETERNAL your God.
Targum Onkelos
טַר וּתְקַבֵּיל יָת כָּל פִּתְגָמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין דַּאֲנָא מְפַקֵּיד לָךְ בְּדִיל דְּיִיטַב לָךְ וְלִבְנָךְ בָּתְרָךְ עַד עָלְמָא אֲרֵי תַעֲבֵיד דְּתַקִּין וּדְכָשַׁר קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ׃
Preserve and heed [obey] all these words that I am commanding you, in order that you have it good and your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and that which is upright [correct and proper before] in the eyes of Adonoy, your God.