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Deuteronomy 12:14
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 12:14
New English Translation
14 for you may do so[a] only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribal areas—there you may do everything I am commanding you.[b]
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- Deuteronomy 12:14 tn Heb “offer burnt offerings.” The expression “do so” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
- Deuteronomy 12:14 sn This injunction to worship in a single and central sanctuary—one limited and appropriate to the thrice-annual festival celebrations (see Exod 23:14-17; 34:22-24; Lev 23:4-36; Deut 16:16-17)—marks a departure from previous times when worship was carried out at local shrines (cf. Gen 8:20; 12:7; 13:18; 22:9; 26:25; 35:1, 3, 7; Exod 17:15). Apart from the corporate worship of the whole theocratic community, however, worship at local altars would still be permitted as in the past (Deut 16:21; Judg 6:24-27; 13:19-20; 1 Sam 7:17; 10:5, 13; 2 Sam 24:18-25; 1 Kgs 18:30).
Deuteronomy 12:14
New International Version
Deuteronomy 12:14
New International Version
14 Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose(A) in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.
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