Deuteronomy 12:13

Deuteronomy 12:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
• English Standard Version (ESV)Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place that you see,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
• New Living Translation (NLT)Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings just anywhere you like.

Context of Deuteronomy 12:13

11Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name—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. 12And there rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns who have no allotment or inheritance of their own. Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please. 14Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you. 15Nevertheless, 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, according to the blessing the Lord your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.

Deuteronomy 12:13 word by word

הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֔ פֶּֽן־תַּעֲלֶ֖ה עֹלֹתֶ֑יךָ בְּכָל־מָק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּרְאֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Take heedשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: carefulH8104
• to thyself that thou offerעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: offer upH5927
• not thy burnt offeringsעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• in every placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• that thou seestרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 12:13

• Deuteronomy 12:6there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
• Leviticus 17:2“Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: ‘This is what the Lord has commanded:
• 1 Kings 12:28After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”
• 1 Kings 15:34He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the ways of Jeroboam and committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
• 2 Chronicles 15:17Although he did not remove the high places from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 12:13

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-32Verses 5-32 The command to bring ALL the sacrifices to the door of the tabernacle, was now explained with reference to the promised land. As to moral service, then, as now, men might pray and worship every where, as they did in their synagogues. The place which God would choose, is said to be the place where he would put his name. It was to be his habitation, where, as King of Israel, he would be found by all who reverently sought him. Now, under the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-151. These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe--Having in the preceding chapter inculcated upon the Israelites the general obligation to fear and love God, Moses here enters into a detail of some special duties they were to practise on their obtaining possession of the promised land.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 12:13

• Tabernacle
• Watchfulness

In the dictionaries

• High place
• Lust
• Rest
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
• Maccabees, Books of

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings