Deuteronomy 12:13

New Living Translation

Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings just anywhere you like.

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 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

⁵ Rather, you must seek the Lord your God at the place of worship he himself will choose from among all the tribes—the place where his name will be honored. ⁶ There you will bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, your offerings to fulfill a vow, your voluntary offerings, and your offerings of the firstborn animals of your herds and flocks. ⁷ There you and your families will feast in the presence of the Lord your God, and you will rejoice in all you have accomplished because the Lord your God has blessed you. ⁸ "Your pattern of worship will change. Today all of you are doing as you please, ⁹ because you have not yet arrived at the place of rest, the land the Lord your God is giving you as your special possession. ¹⁰ But you will soon cross the Jordan River and live in the land the Lord your God is giving you. When he gives you rest from all your enemies and you're living safely in the land, ¹¹ you must bring everything I command you—your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, and your offerings to fulfill a vow—to the designated place of worship, the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to be honored. ¹² "You must celebrate there in the presence of the Lord your God with your sons and daughters and all your servants. And remember to include the Levites who live in your towns, for they will receive no allotment of land among you. ¹³ Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings just anywhere you like. ¹⁴ You may do so only at the place the Lord will choose within one of your tribal territories. There you must offer your burnt offerings and do everything I command 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
Meanwhile, Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah. (Milcah and her sister Iscah were daughters of Nahor's brother Haran.)

Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you."

Genesis 12:5
He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,

Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.

Genesis 12:8
After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord , and he worshiped the Lord .

Genesis 12:12
When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife. Let's kill him; then we can have her!'

Genesis 12:13
So please tell them you are my sister. Then they will spare my life and treat me well because of their interest in you."

Genesis 20:2
Abraham introduced his wife, Sarah, by saying, "She is my sister." So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for Sarah and had her brought to him at his palace.

Genesis 20:5
Didn't Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister'? And she herself said, ‘Yes, he is my brother.' I acted in complete innocence! My hands are clean."

Genesis 26:7
When the men who lived there asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said, "She is my sister." He was afraid to say, "She is my wife." He thought, "They will kill me to get her, because she is so 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.