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that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place that you see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in any <i>cultic</i> place that you see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place you see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every <i>cultic</i> place you see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Beware, lest you offer your burnt offerings in every <i>cultic</i> place you see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every [cultic] place you see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in all the sacred places you see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in all the sacred places you see. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Be careful that you don't sacrifice your burnt offerings wherever you want.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You are not to offer your sacrifices wherever you choose; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Be careful not to offer burnt offerings at any location you happen to see<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest:<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Take heed to yourself lest you cause your burnt-offerings to ascend in any place which you see;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Take heed to thee, lest thou cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend in any place which thou seest,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Watch to thyself lest thou lift up thy burnt-offering in every place which thou shalt see.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Beware lest thou offer thy holocausts in every place that thou shalt see: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Take care that you do not offer your holocausts in any place that you see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings in any place you like,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place you happen to see.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Take heed to yourselves that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you please;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Beware that you do not offer up your burnt peace offering in every place that you please:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy whole-burnt-offerings in any place which thou shalt see;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=3672" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">One Place for Worship</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: hiš·šā·mer (V-Nifal-Imp-ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">Be careful</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6435.htm" title="6435: pen- (Conj) -- Lest. From panah; properly, removal; used only adverb as conjunction, lest.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ta·‘ă·leh (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">to offer</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·lō·ṯe·ḵā (N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">your burnt offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">in just any</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: mā·qō·wm (N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">place</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: tir·’eh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">you see;</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/17-3.htm">Leviticus 17:3-4</a></span><br />‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it / instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5-7</a></span><br />Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. / To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks. / There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Deuteronomy 12:11</a></span><br />then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Deuteronomy 12:14</a></span><br />you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-21.htm">Deuteronomy 12:21</a></span><br />If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-2.htm">1 Kings 3:2</a></span><br />The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-29.htm">1 Kings 8:29</a></span><br />May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm">2 Chronicles 7:12</a></span><br />the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16</a></span><br />For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20-24</a></span><br />Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.” / “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. / You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-19.htm">Hebrews 10:19-22</a></span><br />Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, / by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, / and since we have a great priest over the house of God, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-23.htm">Matthew 5:23-24</a></span><br />So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-19.htm">Matthew 23:19-21</a></span><br />You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred? / So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. / And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-48.htm">Acts 7:48-50</a></span><br />However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: / ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be? / Has not My hand made all these things?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-24.htm">Acts 17:24-25</a></span><br />The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands. / Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Take heed to yourself that you offer not your burnt offerings in every place that you see:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6</a></b></br> And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/17-2.htm">Leviticus 17:2-5</a></b></br> Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This <i>is</i> the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-32</a></b></br> Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves <i>of</i> gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/18-31.htm">Anywhere</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-27.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-21.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Care</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/numbers/29-39.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-25.htm">Please</a> <a href="/numbers/29-36.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Seest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-1.htm">Thyself</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/18-6.htm">Anywhere</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-6.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-30.htm">Care</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-63.htm">Please</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-21.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-1.htm">Seest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Thyself</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-4.htm">The place of God's service to be kept</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Blood is forbidden</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Holy things must be eaten in the holy place</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">The Levite is not to be forsaken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Blood is again forbidden</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">and holy things must be eaten in the holy place</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-29.htm">Idolatry is not to be enquired after</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of ancient Israel, burnt offerings were a central part of worship and atonement for sin. The Israelites were instructed to follow specific guidelines for sacrifices, which were established to maintain purity and holiness. This command reflects the broader biblical principle that worship must be conducted according to God's instructions, not human preferences. The sacrificial system foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who offered Himself once for all (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a>).<p><b>in just any place you see;</b><br>This part of the verse underscores the necessity of a designated place for worship, which was initially the tabernacle and later the temple in Jerusalem. The centralization of worship was intended to prevent idolatry and syncretism, which were prevalent in the surrounding cultures. By restricting sacrifices to a specific location, God ensured that the Israelites would not adopt pagan practices. This command also points to the future significance of Jerusalem as the spiritual center, where Jesus would ultimately fulfill the law and the prophets. The emphasis on a specific place for worship highlights the importance of unity and community in the faith journey.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and instructions to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving instructions on how to worship properly as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/burnt_offerings.htm">Burnt Offerings</a></b><br>Sacrifices made to God, symbolizing atonement and dedication, which were to be offered in specific, God-ordained locations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle/temple.htm">Tabernacle/Temple</a></b><br>The designated place for worship and sacrifices, representing God's presence among His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/centralized_worship.htm">Centralized Worship</a></b><br>God desires order and unity in worship, which is why He established a specific place for sacrifices. This teaches us the importance of gathering together in designated places for corporate worship today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_instructions.htm">Obedience to God's Instructions</a></b><br>The command to offer sacrifices only in the designated place underscores the importance of obedience to God's instructions. We are called to follow God's Word carefully in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_reverence.htm">Holiness and Reverence</a></b><br>The specific instructions for sacrifices remind us of God's holiness and the reverence we must have in approaching Him. Our worship should reflect a heart of reverence and awe.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_sacrifices.htm">Spiritual Sacrifices</a></b><br>In the New Covenant, our sacrifices are spiritual, such as prayer, praise, and acts of service. We should offer these with the same care and dedication as the Israelites offered their burnt offerings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_an_altar.htm">What defines an altar?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_sacrifice_evidence_consistent.htm">If animal sacrifices were central (Leviticus 17), why does archaeological evidence not consistently support such frequent rituals across the entire region? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_joshua_22_align_with_deut._12.htm">How does Joshua 22 align with other passages that mandate a single place of worship (e.g., Deuteronomy 12), and why is there no mention of God’s direct intervention here? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_israel's_idolatry_in_hosea_9_1.htm">In Hosea 9:1, what evidence supports or disputes Israel’s alleged widespread idolatry as described here?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13, 14) <span class= "bld">Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: But in the place which the Lord shall choose.</span>--An attempt is made by some modern writers to establish a contradiction between this precept and the one in <a href="/exodus/20-24.htm" title="An altar of earth you shall make to me, and shall sacrifice thereon your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to you, and I will bless you.">Exodus 20:24</a> : "In all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee." But they are not really contradictory. The choice of Jehovah makes the place of acceptance. He need not always choose the same spot-Either this law in Deuteronomy was written by Moses or it was not. If it was, it must be taken in the same sense as <a href="/exodus/20-24.htm" title="An altar of earth you shall make to me, and shall sacrifice thereon your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to you, and I will bless you.">Exodus 20:24</a>. If it was the work of later times, the writer must have known perfectly that Jehovah had varied His choice from time to time, and therefore the injunction must still have the same sense. Rashi remarks upon the words "Take heed that thou offer not . . . in every place that thou seest"--<span class= "ital">i.e. </span>which comes into thy mind--"but thou must offer at the command of a prophet, as, for instance, Elijah on Mount Carmel." It seems clear that the general principle inculcated here is the same with that of Exodus 20 and of Leviticus 17. The choice of Jehovah makes the place of worship. Details may safely be left to the direction of the authorised Divine representatives at any given time. If the Jews themselves saw no difficulty or discrepancy in these Scriptures, is it any proof of wisdom for us to make difficulties? Do we not rather prove the imperfection of our own understanding?<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 13-16.</span> - They were to beware of offering sacrifice in any place that might seem to them best; their offerings were to be presented only in that place which God should choose. But this did not imply that they were not to kill and eat in their own abodes whatever they desired for food, according to the blessing of Jehovah their God. Only they were to abstain from eating of blood (cf. <a href="/genesis/9-4.htm">Genesis 9:4</a>; <a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">Leviticus 7:26</a>); that they were to pour on the earth as if it were water. <span class="cmt_word">Burnt offering</span>; this is named <span class="accented">instar omnium</span>, as the principal offering. <span class="cmt_word">Whatsoever thy soul lusteth after</span>. To "lust," in old English, means simply to will, choose, desire; it is the same word as "list," or, as it is sometimes spelt, "lest," and does not, as now, imply anything evil. <span class="cmt_word">As of the roebuck, and as of the hart</span>; probably the gazelle and fallow deer. As these were animals that could not be offered in sacrifice, the distinction between clean and unclean, on the part of the eaters, did not come into consideration. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Be careful</span><br /><span class="heb">הִשָּׁ֣מֶר</span> <span class="translit">(hiš·šā·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="heb">פֶּֽן־</span> <span class="translit">(pen-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6435.htm">Strong's 6435: </a> </span><span class="str2">Removal, lest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to offer</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּעֲלֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ta·‘ă·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your burnt offerings</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹלֹתֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·lō·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whole burnt offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in just any</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">place</span><br /><span class="heb">מָק֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you see;</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּרְאֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(tir·’eh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 12:13 Take heed to yourself that you don't (Deut. 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