Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 12

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Deuteronomy 12 . 1 , Monuments of idolatry are to be destroyed; Deuteronomy 12 . 4 , The place of God’s service to be kept; Deuteronomy 12 . 15 , Blood is forbidden; Deuteronomy 12 . 16 , Blood is forbidden; Deuteronomy 12 . 17 , Holy things must be eaten in the holy place; Deuteronomy 12 . 18 , Holy things must be eaten in the holy place; Deuteronomy 12 . 19 , The Levite is not to be forsaken; Deuteronomy 12 . 20 , Blood is forbidden; Deuteronomy 12 . 26 , Holy things must be eaten in the holy place; Deuteronomy 12 . 29 , Idolatry is not to be enquired after.

Deuteronomy 12:1

These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.

Deuteronomy 12:1 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:2

Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

Deuteronomy 12:2 · BSB

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or , inherit

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Deuteronomy 12:3

Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

Deuteronomy 12:3 · BSB

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and burn8 parallels

and destroy5 parallels

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overthrow Heb. break down

Deuteronomy 12:4

You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.

Deuteronomy 12:4 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:5

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.

Deuteronomy 12:5 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:6

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.

Deuteronomy 12:6 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:7

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.

Deuteronomy 12:7 · BSB

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ye shall11 parallels

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Deuteronomy 12:8

You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

Deuteronomy 12:8 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:9

For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 12:9 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:10

When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,

Deuteronomy 12:10 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:11

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.

Deuteronomy 12:11 · BSB

a place19 parallels

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your choice Heb. the choice of your

Deuteronomy 12:12

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.

Deuteronomy 12:12 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:13

Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;

Deuteronomy 12:13 · BSB

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This was directly opposed to the customs of the heathen idolaters , in offering their sacrifices on the tops of hills and mountains

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Deuteronomy 12:14

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.

Deuteronomy 12:14 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:15

But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,

Deuteronomy 12:15 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:16

but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:16 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:17

Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.

Deuteronomy 12:17 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:18

Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,

Deuteronomy 12:18 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:19

and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.

Deuteronomy 12:19 · BSB

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etc. Heb. all thy days

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Deuteronomy 12:20

When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.

Deuteronomy 12:20 · BSB

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as he hath6 parallels

I will16 parallels

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Deuteronomy 12:21

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.

Deuteronomy 12:21 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:22

Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.

Deuteronomy 12:22 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:23

Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

Deuteronomy 12:23 · BSB

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sure Heb. strong

Deuteronomy 12:24

You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:24 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:25

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.

Deuteronomy 12:25 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:26

But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.

Deuteronomy 12:26 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:27

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.

Deuteronomy 12:27 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:28

Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 12:28 · BSB

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Deuteronomy 12:29

When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,

Deuteronomy 12:29 · BSB

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succeedest Heb. inheritest , or , possessest

Deuteronomy 12:30

be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”

Deuteronomy 12:30 · BSB

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by following Heb. after

Deuteronomy 12:31

You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

Deuteronomy 12:31 · BSB

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The unnatural and horrid practice of offering human sacrifices not only existed , but universally prevailed among ancient nations. We have already . See note on

  • Leviticus 20:2 referred to the custom among the Phoenicians and Carthaginians , descendants from the Canaanitish nations , of sacrificing their children to Moloch , or Saturn; and we will now cite a passage from Diodorus Siculus . lib. xx. which immediately precedes that already produced relative to this barbarous custom. He states that the Carthaginians imputed their being besieged by Agathocles to the anger of Saturn , because , instead of sacrificing the best of their own children , as formerly , they had sacrificed children bought for that purpose. "In haste , therefore , to rectify their errors , they chose 200 of the noblest children , and publicly sacrificed them! Others , accused of irreligion , voluntarily gave themselves up , to the number of no less than 300!"
  • Deuteronomy 18:10
  • Leviticus 18:21
  • Leviticus 20:2
  • Jeremiah 7:31
  • Jeremiah 32:35
  • Ezekiel 20:31
  • Ezekiel 23:27
  • Micah 6:7

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abomination to the Heb. abomination of the

Deuteronomy 12:32

See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

Deuteronomy 12:32 · BSB

thou shalt not7 parallels

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In the wider web43 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Acts 10:13 → Deuteronomy 12:15, Deuteronomy 12:2 → Exodus 20:24, Deuteronomy 12:2 → Exodus 34:24, Deuteronomy 12:2 → Leviticus 17:1, Deuteronomy 12:2-28 → Exodus 20:24, Deuteronomy 12:2-28 → Exodus 34:24, Deuteronomy 12:2-28 → Leviticus 17:1-9, Deuteronomy 12:23-25 → Leviticus 17:11, Judges 17:6 → Deuteronomy 12:8, 2 Samuel 23:16-17 → Deuteronomy 12:23-25, 1 Kings 8:15 → Deuteronomy 12:5, 1 Kings 8:15-21 → Deuteronomy 12:5, Ezra 3:2 → Deuteronomy 12:11, Ezra 3:2 → Deuteronomy 12:13, Ezra 3:2 → Deuteronomy 12:14, Ezra 3:2 → Deuteronomy 12:5, Ezra 3:2 → Deuteronomy 12:6, Psalms 95:8-11 → Deuteronomy 12:9, Hosea 4:13 → Deuteronomy 12:2
Echoes Acts 8:21 → Deuteronomy 12:12, 1 Chronicles 15:1 → Deuteronomy 12:18, 1 Chronicles 15:1 → Deuteronomy 12:21, 1 Chronicles 15:1 → Deuteronomy 12:26, 1 Chronicles 15:3 → Deuteronomy 12:18, 1 Chronicles 15:3 → Deuteronomy 12:21, 1 Chronicles 15:3 → Deuteronomy 12:26, Psalms 132:13 → Deuteronomy 12:9, Psalms 132:8 → Deuteronomy 12:9
Trajectories
Covenant Meals (Fellowship with God), Davidic Kingdom (Messianic Reign), Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence), Holy Places (Access to God's Presence), Joshua (Leader into Rest), Judges (Flawed Deliverers), Name of God (Revelation of Divine Character), New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City), Pillar of Cloud and Fire (Divine Guidance and Protection), Promised Land (Inheritance and Rest), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope), Temple Ecclesiology (Church as God's Dwelling), Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)
Longitudinal Themes
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