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Text -- Deuteronomy 12:1-5 (NET)
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The Central Sanctuary
12:1 These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to obey as long as you live in the land the Lord , the God of your ancestors , has given you to possess .
12:2 You must by all means destroy all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods – on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree .
12:3 You must tear down their altars , shatter their sacred pillars , burn up their sacred Asherah poles , and cut down the images of their gods ; you must eliminate their very memory from that place .
12:4 You must not worship the Lord your God the way they worship .
12:5 But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence , and you must go there .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
CRITICISM |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
High place |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 |
LEVITICUS, 1 |
ATONEMENT, DAY OF |
SANCTUARY |
GENESIS, 3 |
Moses |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
MACCABEES, BOOKS OF, 1-2 |
Iconoclasm |
Idolatry |
TITHE |
Worship |
Tabernacle |
Pillar |
TITHE OR TENTH |
Mountain |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes: Deu 12:1 Heb “you must be careful to obey in the land the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days which you live in the land...
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NET Notes: Deu 12:2 Every leafy tree. This expression refers to evergreens which, because they keep their foliage throughout the year, provided apt symbolism for nature c...
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NET Notes: Deu 12:3 Sacred Asherah poles. The Hebrew term (plural) is אֲשֵׁרִים (’asherim). See note on the wo...
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