Deuteronomy - 12:13



13 Take heed to yourself that you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 12:13.

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Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
Beware lest thou offer thy holocausts in every place that thou shalt see:
Take care that you do not make your burned offerings in any place you see:
Take care that you do not offer your holocausts in any place that you see.
Cave tibi ne forte offeras holocausta tua in quovis loco quem conspexeris:

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

Thy burnt - offerings - Nor the other things mentioned above, this one and most eminent kind being put for all the rest.

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