Deuteronômio 12:5

5 Mas procurarão o local que o SENHOR, o seu Deus, escolher dentre todas as tribos para ali pôr o seu Nome e sua habitação. Para lá vocês deverão ir

Deuteronômio 12:5 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 12:5

But unto the place which the Lord your God
The Targum of Jonathan is, that the Word of the Lord your God:

shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there;
to place his tabernacle, set up his worship, take up his residence, and cause the Shechinah, or his divine Majesty, to dwell there, as the next clause explains it; out of what tribe it should be chosen, and where it should be, is not said. Maimomides ^F2 gives three reasons for it; he says there are three great mysteries why the place is not clearly, but obscurely mentioned;

1) lest the Gentiles should seize upon it, and make war for the sake of it, supposing this place to be the end of the law; 2) lest they in whose hands the place then was should by all means waste and destroy it; 3) which is the chief, lest every tribe should desire to have it in its own lot and jurisdiction; and so strifes might arise among them on account of it, as happened to the priesthood:

[even] unto his habitation shall ye seek;
the temple at Jerusalem is meant, where the Lord took up his dwelling, and whither men were to come and seek unto him by prayer and supplication for whatsoever they needed, and to inquire of him in matters doubtful, and they wanted counsel in:

and thither thou shall come:
with sacrifices of every sort, where they were to be slain and offered to the Lord, and become acceptable to him, as is more largely declared in the following part of this chapter.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 45. p. 475.

Deuteronômio 12:5 In-Context

3 Derrubem os seus altares, esmigalhem as suas colunas sagradas e queimem os seus postes sagrados; despedacem os ídolos dos seus deuses e eliminem os nomes deles daqueles lugares.

4 “Vocês, porém, não adorarão o SENHOR, o seu Deus, como eles adoram os seus deuses.

5 Mas procurarão o local que o SENHOR, o seu Deus, escolher dentre todas as tribos para ali pôr o seu Nome e sua habitação. Para lá vocês deverão ir

6 e levar holocaustos e sacrifícios, dízimos e dádivas especiais, o que em voto tiverem prometido, as suas ofertas voluntárias e a primeira cria de todos os rebanhos.

7 Ali, na presença do SENHOR, o seu Deus, vocês e suas famílias comerão e se alegrarão com tudo o que tiverem feito, pois o SENHOR, o seu Deus, os terá abençoado.