Verse 13

Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 17:2-5 : 2 Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and say to them: This is the command that the Lord has given: 3 Anyone from the house of Israel who sacrifices an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp, or outside the camp, 4 and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord before the sanctuary of the Lord shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have shed blood and must be cut off from their people. 5 This is so that the Israelites will bring the sacrifices they offer in the open fields to the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them as fellowship offerings to the Lord.
  • Deut 12:6 : 6 Bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your special gifts, what you have vowed to give, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
  • 1 Kgs 12:28-32 : 28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt. 29 He set up one in Bethel, and the other in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin; the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other. 31 Jeroboam also built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites. 32 He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. He did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And there at Bethel he installed priests for the high places he had made.
  • 1 Kgs 15:34 : 34 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and followed in the way of Jeroboam and the sin he had caused Israel to commit.
  • 2 Chr 15:17 : 17 Although the high places were not removed from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his life.