Deuteronomy 12 Footnotes

12:2-3 Moses reiterates the Lord’s directive to destroy all non-Israelite places of worship. To modern ears such words are neither “politically correct” nor in the spirit of ecumenism. The elimination of pagan sanctuaries, however, was the logical and essential consequence of acknowledging the Lord as the one and only God—One who spoke of himself as a “jealous” God who would tolerate no rivals (5:4-5; 6:15).