Deuteronomy 12:27

“and you shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of YHWH your Elohim; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of YHWH your Elohim, but the meat you may eat.”

Deuteronomy 12:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 12:27, word by word

and you shall offerעָשִׂיתָasita

prepare

To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.

Where else “asita” appears
your burnt offeringsעֹלֹתֶיolote

burnt offering

A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.

Where else “olote” appears
the meatבָּשָׂרbasar

meat

Meat to eat.

Where else “basar” appears
and the bloodדָּםdam

blood

The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.

Where else “dam” appears
the altarמִזְבַּחmizbach

altar

Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.

Where else “mizbach” appears
of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
of your sacrificesזְבָחֶיzevache

sacrifice

An animal offered to God and eaten together.

Where else “zevache” appears
shall be poured outיִשָּׁפֵךְyishafech

spill

To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.

Where else “yishafech” appears
you may eatתֹּאכֵלtochel

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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The context

26Only your holy things that you have and your vows you shall take up and go to the place that YHWH chooses,

27 · This verse (above)

28Keep and listen to all these words that I am commanding you, so that it may go well with you and with your sons after you forever, because you will do what is good and right in the eyes of YHWH your Elohim.

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