Seek · Bring · Rejoice · Guard Every step opens the verse it rests on.
Step 1 of 6
BeginningDeuteronomy 12:1Israel enters the land and must order its worship faithfully.These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess… v1 · WEB
In the commentaryThe Place He Will Choose
Seek the place the LORD will choose
1 Remove rival worship sites
Do not worship in their wayDeuteronomy 12:2–4Destroy the nations’ worship sites and symbols. Do not worship the LORD by copying their practices.You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the hills… v2 · WEB
In the commentaryThe Place He Will Choose
2 Bring worship to the chosen place
Rejoice before the LORDDeuteronomy 12:5–14Bring offerings, tithes, contributions, vows, and firstborn to the place the LORD chooses. Rejoice there with the whole household.You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the… v6 · WEB
In the commentaryThe Place He Will Choose
3 Distinguish ordinary meals
Eat common meat with reverenceDeuteronomy 12:15–28Ordinary meat may be eaten in the towns, but never eat the blood. Pour it on the ground and keep holy portions for the chosen place.You shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on Yahweh your God’s altar. The blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on Yahweh… v27 · WEB
In the commentaryThe Place He Will Choose
All Do not imitate or add
Reject destructive worshipDeuteronomy 12:29–32Do not inquire after the nations’ gods or imitate their practices. Keep the command without adding to it or taking from it.be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them after they are destroyed from before you, and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, “How… v30 · WEB
In the commentaryThe Place He Will Choose
Deuteronomy 12:5–7, 28–32Rejoice before the LORDBut to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come… v5 · WEB
In the commentaryThe Place He Will Choose
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