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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/12.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />But take your consecrated things and whatever you have vowed to give, and go to the place the LORD will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Take your sacred gifts and your offerings given to fulfill a vow to the place the LORD chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But the holy things that are due from you, and your vow offerings, you shall take, and you shall go to the place that the LORD will choose,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Only the holy things which you have, and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Only your holy things which you may have and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Only your holy things which you may have and your votive offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Only your holy things which you may have and your votive offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Only your holy things which you may have and your votive offerings, you shall take and go to the place which Yahweh chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />However, you shall take your holy things which you have [to offer] and your votive (pledged, vowed) offerings, you shall take <i>them</i> and go to the place which the LORD will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But you are to take the holy offerings you have and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you are to take the holy offerings you have and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD chooses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which Jehovah shall choose;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Take the holy things and the offerings you have vowed to bring, and go to the place the LORD will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Take to the one place of worship your offerings and the gifts that you have promised the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"You may carry and bring only your consecrated gifts and offerings in fulfillment of promises to the place that the LORD will choose. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the LORD will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which the LORD shall choose,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go to the place which the LORD shall choose:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Only, your holy things which you have, and your vows, you take up, and have gone to the place which YHWH chooses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Only, thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou dost take up, and hast gone in unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Only thy holy things which shall be to thee, and thy vows, thou shalt lift up and go to the place which Jehovah shall choose:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But the things which thou hast sanctified and vowed to the Lord, thou shalt take, and shalt come to the place which the Lord shall choose: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But the things that you have sanctified and vowed to the Lord, you shall take up and bring to the place which the Lord will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />However, any sacred gifts or votive offerings that you may have, you shall bring with you to the place which the LORD chooses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But the sacred donations that are due from you, and your votive gifts, you shall bring to the place that the LORD will choose.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Only the holy things which you have, and your votive offerings you shall take and go to the place which the LORD shall choose;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Only take your holy things that you will have and your vows and come to the region that LORD JEHOVAH has chosen:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But thou shalt take thy holy things, if thou hast any, and thy vowed-offerings, and come to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name named upon it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/12-26.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=3806" 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">25</span>Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although.">But</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: tiś·śā (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">you are to take</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qā·ḏā·še·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">your holy things</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/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5088.htm" title="5088: ū·nə·ḏā·re·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A vow. Or neder; from nadar; a promise; also a thing promised.">and your vow offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ū·ḇā·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and go</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: ham·mā·qō·wm (Art:: 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.">the 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/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: yiḇ·ḥar (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">will choose.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.…<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 12:5-6</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm">Deuteronomy 14:23-25</a></span><br />And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. / But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away, / then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-24.htm">1 Samuel 1:24-25</a></span><br />Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. / And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.<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="/exodus/29-42.htm">Exodus 29:42</a></span><br />For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-17.htm">Numbers 18:17-18</a></span><br />But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. / And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.<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_kings/23-27.htm">2 Kings 23:27</a></span><br />For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/66-13.htm">Psalm 66:13-15</a></span><br />I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You— / the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress. / I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a></span><br />I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a></span><br />For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.<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="/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="/acts/7-48.htm">Acts 7:48-49</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?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which the LORD shall choose:</p><p class="hdg">holy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6,11,18</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="/numbers/5-9.htm">Numbers 5:9,10</a></b></br> And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19</a></b></br> All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it <i>is</i> a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.</p><p class="hdg">thy vows</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/28-20.htm">Genesis 28:20</a></b></br> And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm">Leviticus 22:18</a></b></br> Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever <i>he be</i> of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/1-21.htm">1 Samuel 1:21-24</a></b></br> And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/12-21.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-21.htm">Chooses</a> <a href="/numbers/18-8.htm">Consecrated</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-14.htm">Due</a> <a href="/numbers/20-13.htm">Hallowed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-3.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Oaths</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Votive</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Vowed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Vows</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-21.htm">Whatever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm">Chooses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-19.htm">Consecrated</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-3.htm">Due</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-13.htm">Hallowed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-2.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-25.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-21.htm">Oaths</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-27.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Votive</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-23.htm">Vowed</a> <a href="/job/22-27.htm">Vows</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-32.htm">Whatever</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, "holy things" refers to items consecrated for worship and sacrifice. The concept of holiness is central to the Mosaic Law, where certain objects, places, and people are designated as holy, meaning they are set apart for God's purposes. This reflects the broader biblical theme of holiness, where God calls His people to be distinct and dedicated to Him (<a href="/leviticus/19-2.htm">Leviticus 19:2</a>).<p><b>and your vow offerings</b><br>Vow offerings were voluntary commitments made by individuals to God, often in response to a specific blessing or deliverance. These offerings were a way for the Israelites to express gratitude and fulfill promises made to God. The practice of making vows is seen throughout the Old Testament, such as in the story of Hannah, who vowed to dedicate her son Samuel to the Lord (<a href="/1_samuel/1-11.htm">1 Samuel 1:11</a>). Vows were taken seriously, and fulfilling them was a matter of integrity and faithfulness to God.<p><b>and go to the place the LORD will choose</b><br>This phrase refers to the centralization of worship in a specific location chosen by God, which would later be identified as Jerusalem. The directive to go to a designated place underscores the importance of unity and communal worship among the Israelites. It also foreshadows the establishment of the Temple in Jerusalem, which becomes the focal point of Jewish worship. This centralization is significant in maintaining the purity of worship and preventing the influence of pagan practices. The concept of a chosen place for worship is fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, who becomes the ultimate temple and dwelling place of God among His people (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>).<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/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving instructions on worship and offerings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The God of Israel, who chooses the place for worship and offerings.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, where these instructions are to be followed.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_place_the_lord_will_choose.htm">The Place the LORD Will Choose</a></b><br>Refers to the central place of worship, which would later be identified as Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/centralization_of_worship.htm">Centralization of Worship</a></b><br>God desires order and unity in worship, which is why He designated a specific place for sacrifices and offerings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_instructions.htm">Obedience to God's Instructions</a></b><br>The Israelites were called to follow God's commands precisely, reflecting their trust and reverence for Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_dedication.htm">Holiness and Dedication</a></b><br>The "holy things" and "vow offerings" signify the importance of setting apart what is dedicated to God, reminding us to honor our commitments to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_worship.htm">God's Sovereignty in Worship</a></b><br>God chooses the place and manner of worship, highlighting His authority and the need for us to submit to His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_worship_today.htm">Spiritual Worship Today</a></b><br>While the physical location of worship was significant in the Old Testament, believers today are called to worship God in spirit and truth, recognizing Jesus as the ultimate fulfillment of the sacrificial system.<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/bible_miracle_examples.htm">What does the Bible teach about hate?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_jephthah's_act_condemned.htm">Judges 11:34-39: If Jephthah's daughter was actually sacrificed, why is there no explicit condemnation of this act elsewhere in Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_accept_sacrifices.htm">If God is all-good, why does He accept human sacrifices in some cases (Judges 11:30-39)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_jephthah's_daughter.htm">Who was Jephthah's daughter in the Bible?</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>(26) <span class= "bld">Only thy holy things . . . and thy vows.</span>--The holy things probably mean the firstlings, which were necessarily holy, and must be made burnt offerings (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm" title="And thither you 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 firstborn of your herds and of your flocks:">Deuteronomy 12:6</a>). The second tithe was also considered holy. The first tithe, or ordinary provision for the Levites (see Numbers 18), was not considered holy. The vows might be either burnt offerings or peace offerings.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 26, 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The holy things</span>; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. <span class="accented">the</span> offerings prescribed by the Law; "hallowed things" (<a href="/numbers/18-8.htm">Numbers 18:8</a>; cf. <a href="/leviticus/21-22.htm">Leviticus 21:22</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Which thou hast</span>; literally, <span class="accented">which are to thee</span>; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. which are binding on thee. <span class="cmt_word">Thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood</span>; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. the flesh and the blood of the burnt offerings which were to be laid upon the altar (<a href="/leviticus/1-5.htm">Leviticus 1:5-9</a>). <span class="cmt_word">The blood of thy sacrifices</span> (<span class="accented">zebachim</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>shall be poured out upon the altar.</span> This refers to the ritual of the <span class="accented">shelamim</span>, or peace offering (<a href="/leviticus/3-2.htm">Leviticus 3:2, 8, 13</a>). The word <span class="accented">zebach</span> (<span class="hebrew">זֶבַה</span>) is never used in the Pentateuch of an atoning sacrifice (Oehler, 'Theology of the Old Testament,' 2:2); it is used only of such offerings as furnished a sacrificial meal; hence it is added here, <span class="cmt_word">and thou shalt eat the flesh.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/12-26.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">But</span><br /><span class="heb">רַ֧ק</span> <span class="translit">(raq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7535.htm">Strong's 7535: </a> </span><span class="str2">But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are to take</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשָּׂ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(tiś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your holy things</span><br /><span class="heb">קָֽדָשֶׁ֛יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ḏā·še·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your vow offerings</span><br /><span class="heb">וּנְדָרֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·nə·ḏā·re·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5088.htm">Strong's 5088: </a> </span><span class="str2">A promise, a thing promised</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and go</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָ֔אתָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the place</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמָּק֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | 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">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will choose.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִבְחַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(yiḇ·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> </span><span class="str2">To try, select</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">Deuteronomy 12:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">Deuteronomy 12:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">Deuteronomy 12:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">Deuteronomy 12:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">Deuteronomy 12:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">Deuteronomy 12:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">Deuteronomy 12:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">Deuteronomy 12:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">Deuteronomy 12:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">Deuteronomy 12:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 12:26 Only your holy things which you have (Deut. 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