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Deuteronomy 12:13 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 12 · verse 13
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:Deuteronomy 12:13 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 12:13 in context
11Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
12And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
13Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
14But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
15Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- offeringsʻôlâha step orH5930 →
- offerʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- heedshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
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There is not any one particular precept (as I remember) in all the law of Moses so largely pressed and inculcated as this, by which they are all tied to bring their sacrifices to that one altar which was set up in the court of the tabernacle, and there to perform all the rituals of their religion;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-32