Deuteronomy 12:13

13 Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please.

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Deuteronomy 12:13 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

13 Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place that you see,

NLT

13 Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings just anywhere you like.

MSG

13 Be extra careful: Don't offer your Absolution-Offerings just any place that strikes your fancy.

CSB

13 Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in all the [sacred] places you see.

Deuteronomy 12:13 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 12:13

Take heed to thyself, that thou offer not thy burnt offerings,
&c.] 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 12:13 In-Context

11 Then to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name—there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the LORD.

12 And there rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns who have no allotment or inheritance of their own.

13 Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please.

14 Offer them only at the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

15 Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were gazelle or deer, according to the blessing the LORD your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.

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