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Deuteronomy 12:13
"Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every [cultic] place you see,
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Christian Standard Bible®
Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in all the sacred places you see.
Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in all the sacred places you see.
Hebrew Names Version
Take heed to yourself that you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
Take heed to yourself that you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
King James Version
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
Lexham English Bible
"Take care for yourself so that you do not offer your burnt offerings at just any place that you happen to see,
"Take care for yourself so that you do not offer your burnt offerings at just any place that you happen to see,
English Standard Version
Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place that you see,
Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place that you see,
New Century Version
Be careful that you don't sacrifice your burnt offerings just anywhere you please.
Be careful that you don't sacrifice your burnt offerings just anywhere you please.
New English Translation
Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish,
Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish,
New American Standard Bible
"Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in any cultic place that you see,
"Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in any cultic place that you see,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Take heede that thou offer not thy burnt offrings in euery place that thou seest:
Take heede that thou offer not thy burnt offrings in euery place that thou seest:
Legacy Standard Bible
"Beware, lest you offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place you see,
"Beware, lest you offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place you see,
Complete Jewish Bible
"Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings just anywhere you see,
"Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings just anywhere you see,
Darby Translation
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;
Easy-to-Read Version
Be sure you don't offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see.
Be sure you don't offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see.
George Lamsa Translation
Take heed to yourselves that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you please;
Take heed to yourselves that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you please;
Good News Translation
You are not to offer your sacrifices wherever you choose;
You are not to offer your sacrifices wherever you choose;
Literal Translation
Take heed to yourself that you not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
Take heed to yourself that you not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take hede vnto thy selfe, that thou offer not thy burntofferynges in what so euer place thou seyst:
Take hede vnto thy selfe, that thou offer not thy burntofferynges in what so euer place thou seyst:
American Standard Version
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;
Bible in Basic English
Take care that you do not make your burned offerings in any place you see:
Take care that you do not make your burned offerings in any place you see:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take heede that thou offer not thy burnt offeringes in euery place that thou seest:
Take heede that thou offer not thy burnt offeringes in euery place that thou seest:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;
King James Version (1611)
Take heed to thy selfe, that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in euery place that thou seest:
Take heed to thy selfe, that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in euery place that thou seest:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy whole-burnt-offerings in any place which thou shalt see;
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy whole-burnt-offerings in any place which thou shalt see;
English Revised Version
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
Berean Standard Bible
Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;
Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Be thou war lest thou offre thi brent sacrifices in ech place which thou seest,
Be thou war lest thou offre thi brent sacrifices in ech place which thou seest,
Young's Literal Translation
`Take heed to thee, lest thou cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend in any place which thou seest,
`Take heed to thee, lest thou cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend in any place which thou seest,
Update Bible Version
You be careful not to offer your burnt-offerings in every place that you see;
You be careful not to offer your burnt-offerings in every place that you see;
Webster's Bible Translation
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest:
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest:
World English Bible
Take heed to yourself that you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
Take heed to yourself that you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
New King James Version
Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
New Living Translation
Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings just anywhere you like.
Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings just anywhere you like.
New Life Bible
Be careful that you do not give your burnt gifts in just any place you see.
Be careful that you do not give your burnt gifts in just any place you see.
New Revised Standard
Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place you happen to see.
Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place you happen to see.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause thine ascending-sacrifice to go up in just any place which thou shalt see;
Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause thine ascending-sacrifice to go up in just any place which thou shalt see;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Beware lest thou offer thy holocausts in every place that thou shalt see:
Beware lest thou offer thy holocausts in every place that thou shalt see:
Revised Standard Version
Take heed that you do not offer your burnt offerings at every place that you see;
Take heed that you do not offer your burnt offerings at every place that you see;
THE MESSAGE
Be extra careful: Don't offer your Absolution-Offerings just any place that strikes your fancy. Offer your Absolution-Offerings only in the place that God chooses in one of your tribal regions. There and only there are you to bring all that I command you.
Be extra careful: Don't offer your Absolution-Offerings just any place that strikes your fancy. Offer your Absolution-Offerings only in the place that God chooses in one of your tribal regions. There and only there are you to bring all that I command you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place you see,
"Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place you see,
Contextual Overview
5"But you shall seek the LORD at the place which the LORD your God will choose out of all your tribes to establish His Name there for His dwelling [place], and there you shall come [to worship Him]. 6"There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your votive (pledged, vowed) offerings, your freewill (voluntary) offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock. 7"And there you and your households shall eat before the LORD your God, and rejoice in all to which you put your hand, in which the LORD your God has blessed you. 8"You shall not do at all what we are doing here [in the camp] today, every man doing whatever is right in his [own] eyes. 9"For you have not yet come to the resting place and to the inheritance which the LORD your God is giving you. 10"When you cross the Jordan and live in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your enemies around you so that you live in security, 11then it shall come about that the place which the LORD your God will choose for His Name [and Presence] to dwell; there you shall bring everything that I am commanding you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes and the [voluntary] contribution of your hand [as a first gift from the fruits of the ground], and all your choice votive offerings which you vow to the LORD. 12"And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your sons and your daughters, and your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your [city] gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you. 13"Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every [cultic] place you see,14but [only] in the place which the LORD will choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do everything that I am commanding you.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
This was directly opposed to the customs of the heathen idolaters, in offering their sacrifices on the tops of hills and mountains. Deuteronomy 12:6, Leviticus 17:2-5, 1 Kings 12:28-32, 1 Kings 15:34, 2 Chronicles 15:17
Reciprocal: Leviticus 1:3 - at the Leviticus 17:4 - bringeth Joshua 22:15 - General Joshua 22:29 - to build 2 Chronicles 11:16 - to sacrifice 2 Chronicles 32:12 - Ye shall worship Isaiah 36:7 - is it not
Cross-References
Genesis 11:29
Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai (later called Sarah), and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai (later called Sarah), and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
Genesis 12:3
And I will bless (do good for, benefit) those who bless you, And I will curse [that is, subject to My wrath and judgment] the one who curses (despises, dishonors, has contempt for) you. And in you all the families (nations) of the earth will be blessed."
And I will bless (do good for, benefit) those who bless you, And I will curse [that is, subject to My wrath and judgment] the one who curses (despises, dishonors, has contempt for) you. And in you all the families (nations) of the earth will be blessed."
Genesis 12:5
Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had acquired, and the people (servants) which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had acquired, and the people (servants) which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
Genesis 12:6
Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the [great] terebinth (oak) tree of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time.
Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the [great] terebinth (oak) tree of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time.
Genesis 12:8
Then he moved on from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD [in worship through prayer, praise, and thanksgiving].
Then he moved on from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD [in worship through prayer, praise, and thanksgiving].
Genesis 12:12
so when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife'; and they will kill me [to acquire you], but they will let you live.
so when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife'; and they will kill me [to acquire you], but they will let you live.
Genesis 12:13
"Please tell them that you are my sister so that things will go well for me for your sake, and my life will be spared because of you."
"Please tell them that you are my sister so that things will go well for me for your sake, and my life will be spared because of you."
Genesis 20:2
Abraham said [again] of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah [into his harem].
Abraham said [again] of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah [into his harem].
Genesis 20:5
"Did Abraham not tell me, 'She is my sister?' And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this."
"Did Abraham not tell me, 'She is my sister?' And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this."
Genesis 26:7
The men of the place asked him about his wife, and he said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "my wife"—thinking, "the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, since she is very beautiful."
The men of the place asked him about his wife, and he said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "my wife"—thinking, "the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, since she is very beautiful."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Take heed to thyself, that thou offer not thy burnt offerings,.... And so any other, this is put for all the rest:
in every place that thou seest; which might take with their fancy, seem pleasant, and so a proper and suitable place to sacrifice in, as on high places, and under green trees; but they were not to indulge their own fancies and imaginations, or follow the customs of others, but keep to the rules prescribed them by the Lord, and to the place fixed by him for his worship.
