Deuteronomy 12:4-15

4 You must not worship the LORD your God in their way.
5 But you are to seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go;
6 there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
7 There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
8 You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit,
9 since you have not yet reached the resting place and the inheritance the LORD your God is giving you.
10 But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and he will give you rest from all your enemies around you so that you will live in safety.
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.

Cross References 21

  • 1. ver 30; 2 Kings 17:15; Jeremiah 10:2
  • 2. S Exodus 20:24; S 2 Samuel 7:13
  • 3. ver 11,13; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 15:20; Deuteronomy 16:2,11; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 26:2; 1 Samuel 2:29; 1 Kings 5:5; 1 Kings 8:16; 1 Kings 9:3; 2 Chronicles 2:4; 2 Chronicles 6:6; 2 Chronicles 7:12,16; Ezra 6:12; Ezra 7:15; Psalms 26:8; Psalms 78:68; Zechariah 2:12
  • 4. S Leviticus 27:30; Deuteronomy 14:22-23
  • 5. S Genesis 28:20
  • 6. Joshua 22:27; Isaiah 66:20
  • 7. S Exodus 18:12
  • 8. ver 12,18; S Leviticus 23:40; Deuteronomy 14:26; Ecclesiastes 3:12-13; Ecclesiastes 5:18-20; S Isaiah 62:9
  • 9. Judges 17:6; Judges 21:25
  • 10. S Exodus 33:14; Deuteronomy 3:20; Psalms 95:11; Micah 2:10
  • 11. Deuteronomy 4:21
  • 12. S Deuteronomy 11:31
  • 13. S Exodus 33:14
  • 14. S ver 5; Deuteronomy 15:20; Deuteronomy 16:2
  • 15. S Leviticus 1:3; Joshua 22:23
  • 16. ver 7
  • 17. Deuteronomy 26:11-13
  • 18. S Numbers 18:20; Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 14:29
  • 19. S ver 5
  • 20. ver 11
  • 21. ver 20-23; ver 22; Deuteronomy 14:5; Deuteronomy 15:22
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