Deuteronomy 12
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Deuteronomy 12:1-7

1“TheseH428 are the statutesH2706 and the judgmentsH4941 whichH834 you shall carefullyH6213 observeH8104 in the landH776 whichH834 the LordH3068, the GodH430 of your fathersH1, has givenH5414 you to possessH3423 12as longH3605H3117 as you liveH2416 on the 3earthH127. 2You shall utterlyH6 destroyH6 allH3605 the placesH4725 whereH834H8033 the nationsH1471 whomH834 you shall dispossessH3423 serveH5647 their godsH430, on the 4highH7311 mountainsH2022 and on the hillsH1389 and underH8478 everyH3605 greenH7488 treeH6086. 35You shall tearH5422 downH5422 their altarsH4196 and smashH7665 their sacred pillarsH4676 and burnH8313 their 6AsherimH842 with fireH784, and you shall cutH1438 downH1438 the engravedH6456 imagesH6456 of their godsH430 and 7obliterateH6 their nameH8034 from that placeH4725. 4You shall not actH6213 likeH3651 thisH3651 toward the LordH3068 your GodH430. 58But you shall seekH1875 the Lord at the placeH4725 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 will chooseH977 from allH3605 your tribesH7626, to establishH7760 His nameH8034 thereH8033 for His dwellingH7931, and thereH8033 you shall comeH935. 6ThereH8033 you shall bringH935 your burntH5930 offeringsH5930, your sacrificesH2077, 9your tithesH4643, the 10contributionH8641 of your handH3027, your votiveH5088 offeringsH5088, your freewillH5071 offeringsH5071, and the firstbornH1060 of your herdH1241 and of your flockH6629. 7ThereH8033 also you and your householdsH1004 shall eatH398 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 your GodH430, and 11rejoiceH8055 in allH3605 12your undertakingsH3027H4916 in whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 has blessedH1288 you.

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Notes

  1. 1. Deuteronomy 12:1 Lit all the days ↩
  2. 2. Deuteronomy 12:1 Deut 4:9, 10; 1 Kin 8:40 ↩
  3. 3. Deuteronomy 12:1 Lit ground ↩
  4. 4. Deuteronomy 12:2 2 Kin 16:4; 17:10, 11 ↩
  5. 5. Deuteronomy 12:3 Num 33:52; Deut 7:5; Judg 2:2 ↩
  6. 6. Deuteronomy 12:3 I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity ↩
  7. 7. Deuteronomy 12:3 Ex 23:13; Ps 16:4; Zech 13:2 ↩
  8. 8. Deuteronomy 12:5 Ex 20:24; Deut 12:11, 13; 2 Chr 7:12; Ps 78:68 ↩
  9. 9. Deuteronomy 12:6 Deut 14:22 ↩
  10. 10. Deuteronomy 12:6 Or heave offering ↩
  11. 11. Deuteronomy 12:7 Lev 23:40; Deut 12:12, 18; 14:26; 28:47; Eccl 3:12, 13; 5:18-20 ↩
  12. 12. Deuteronomy 12:7 Lit the putting forth of your hand ↩

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 12

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