Deuteronomy 12:13

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
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;

King James Version
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,

English Standard Version
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.

New English Translation
Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish,

Amplified Bible
"Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every [cultic] place you see,

New American Standard Bible
"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:

Legacy Standard Bible
"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,

Darby Translation
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.

George Lamsa Translation
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;

Literal Translation
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:

American Standard Version
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:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
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;

King James Version (1611)
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;

English Revised Version
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;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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,

Update Bible Version
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:

World English Bible
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;

New Living Translation
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.

New Revised Standard
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;

Douay-Rheims Bible
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;

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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place you see,

Contextual Overview

⁵Soon you will cross the Jordan, and the Lord will help you conquer your enemies and let you live in peace, there in the land he has given you. But after you are settled, life will be different. You must not offer sacrifices just anywhere you want to. Instead, the Lord will choose a place somewhere in Israel where you must go to worship him. All of your sacrifices and offerings must be taken there, including sacrifices to please the Lord and any gift you promise or voluntarily give him. That's where you must also take one tenth of your grain, wine, and olive oil, as well as the first-born of your cattle, sheep, and goats. You and your family and servants will eat your gifts and sacrifices and celebrate there at the place of worship, because the Lord your God has made you successful in everything you have done. And since Levites will not have any land of their own, you must ask some of them to come along and celebrate with you. Sometimes you may want to kill an animal for food and not as a sacrifice. If the Lord has blessed you and given you enough cows or sheep or goats, then you can butcher one of them where you live. You can eat it just like the meat from a deer or gazelle that you kill when you go hunting. And even those people who are unclean and unfit for worship can have some of the meat. But you must not eat the blood of any animal—let the blood drain out on the ground. ²⁰The Lord has promised that later on he will give Israel more land, and some of you may not be able to travel all the way from your homes to the place of worship each time you are hungry for meat. But the Lord will give you cattle, sheep, and goats, and you can butcher any of those animals at home and eat as much as you want. ²² It is the same as eating the meat from a deer or a gazelle that you kill when you go hunting. And in this way, anyone who is unclean and unfit for worship can have some of the meat. ²³But don't eat the blood. It is the life of the animal, so let it drain out on the ground before you eat the meat. ²⁵ Do you want the Lord to make you successful? Do you want your children to be successful even after you are gone? Then do what pleases the Lord and don't eat blood. ²⁶All sacrifices and offerings to the Lord must be taken to the place where he chooses to be worshiped. If you offer a sacrifice to please the Lord , all of its meat must be burned on the altar. You can eat the meat from certain kinds of sacrifices, but you must always pour out the animal's blood on the altar. ²⁸ If you obey these laws, you will be doing what the Lord your God says is right and good. Then he will help you and your descendants be successful. ²⁹ Moses said: Israel, as you go into the land and attack the nations that are there, the Lord will get rid of them, and you can have their land. ³⁰ But that's when you must be especially careful not to ask, "How did those nations worship their gods? Shouldn't we worship the Lord in the same way?" ³¹ No, you should not! The Lord hates the disgusting way those nations worship their gods, because they even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices.

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 married Sarai, but she was not able to have any children. And Nahor married Milcah, who was the daughter of Haran and the sister of Iscah.

Genesis 12:3
I will bless anyone who blesses you, but I will put a curse on anyone who puts a curse on you. Everyone on earth will be blessed because of you.

Genesis 12:6
Abram went as far as the sacred tree of Moreh in a place called Shechem. The Canaanites were still living in the land at that time,

Genesis 12:8
Abram traveled to the hill country east of Bethel and camped between Bethel and Ai, where he built another altar and worshiped the Lord .

Genesis 12:12
When the Egyptians see how lovely you are, they will murder me because I am your husband. But they won't kill you.

Genesis 12:13
Please save my life by saying that you are my sister."

Genesis 20:2
he told everyone that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Genesis 26:7
with his beautiful wife Rebekah. He was afraid that someone might kill him to get her, and so he told everyone that Rebekah was his sister.

Isaiah 57:11
Did you forget about me and become unfaithful because you were more afraid of someone else? Have I been silent so long that you no longer fear me?

Ezekiel 18:4
The lives of all people belong to me—parents as well as children. Only those who sin will be put to death.

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.