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Deuteronomy 12:13

in Deuteronomy 12

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;

KJV

Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:

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This verse in Deuteronomy 12

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

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

on Deuteronomy 12:13-14

Verse 13 rules out “just any place you see”, since a man could pick a hill that suited him and call it holy. Verse 14 answers with “one of your tribal territories” and still declines to say which.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Take heed to thyself, that thou offer not thy burnt offerings,.... And so any other, this is put for all the rest: in every place that thou seest; which might take with their fancy, seem pleasant, and so a proper and suitable place to sacrifice in, as on high places, and under green trees; but they were not to indulge their own fancies and imaginations, or follow the customs of others, but keep to the rules prescribed them by the Lord, and to the place fixed by him for his worship.

The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • הִשָּׁ֣מֶרtake heed

    hishamerH8104 →468 times

  • לְךָ֔to yourself

    lekha

  • פֶּֽן־lest

    pen-H6435 →133 times

  • תַּעֲלֶ֖הyou should offer up

    taalehH5927 →890 times

  • עֹלֹתֶ֑יךָburnt offerings your

    ʾoloteikhaH5930 →287 times

  • בְּכָל־in every

    bekholH3605 →5413 times

  • מָק֖וֹםplace

    makomH4725 →401 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • תִּרְאֶֽה׃you will see

    tirehH7200 →1300 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, 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.7 worksDeuteronomy 12:6To 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.2 works1 Kings 12:28–32After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”2 works2 Chronicles 15:17The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.2 worksLeviticus 17:2–5“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:2 works1 Kings 15:34And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 15:34

    And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 15:26

      And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.

    • 1 Kings 12:28–29

      After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out…

    • 1 Kings 14:16

      So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 15:19–20

      You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to…

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 15:17

    The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 11:4

      For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

    • 2 Kings 12:3

      Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.

    • 2 Kings 14:4

      Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

    • 2 Chronicles 14:3–5

      He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 12 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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