Deuteronomy 12:14
for you may do so only in the place the LORD chooses in one of your tribal areas– there you may do everything I am commanding you.
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- Deut 12:5 : 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.
- Deut 12:11 : 11 Then you must come to the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you– your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.
- Ps 5:7 : 7 But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.
- Ps 9:11 : 11 Sing praises to the LORD, who rules in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!
- 2 Cor 5:19 : 19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation.
- Heb 10:19-22 : 19 Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
- Heb 13:15 : 15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
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11Then you must come to the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you– your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.
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13Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish,
- Deut 12:4-74 verses84%
4You must not worship the LORD your God the way they worship.
5But 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.
6And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
7Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.
- Deut 12:25-284 verses82%
25You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD’s sight.
26Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the LORD will choose.
27You must offer your burnt offerings, both meat and blood, on the altar of the LORD your God; the blood of your other sacrifices you must pour out on his altar while you eat the meat.
28Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.
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2You must sacrifice the Passover animal(from the flock or the herd) to the LORD your God in the place where he chooses to locate his name.
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20You and your household must eat them annually before the LORD your God in the place he chooses.
- Deut 12:17-193 verses78%
17You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings.
18Only in the presence of the LORD your God may you eat these, in the place he chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the LORD your God in all the output of your labor.
19Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.
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21If the place he chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages just as you wish.
- Deut 14:23-264 verses77%
23In the presence of the LORD your God you must eat from the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the place he chooses to locate his name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always.
24When he blesses you, if the place where he chooses to locate his name is distant,
25you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the LORD your God chooses for himself.
26Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and enjoy it.
- Deut 16:5-73 verses77%
5You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you,
6but you must sacrifice it in the evening in the place where he chooses to locate his name, at sunset, the time of day you came out of Egypt.
7You must cook and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses; you may return the next morning to your tents.
- Deut 27:6-72 verses76%
6You must build the altar of the LORD your God with whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.
7Also you must offer fellowship offerings and eat them there, rejoicing before the LORD your God.
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10You must then do as they have determined at that place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.
- Deut 18:5-62 verses75%
5For the LORD your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.
6Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, to the place the LORD chooses
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3and you make an offering by fire to the LORD from the herd or from the flock(whether a burnt offering or a sacrifice for discharging a vow or as a freewill offering or in your solemn feasts) to create a pleasing aroma to the LORD,
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15Regulations for Profane Slaughter On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the LORD your God blesses you in all your villages. Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex.
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24‘You must make for me an altar made of earth, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be honored I will come to you and I will bless you.
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11when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them within their hearing.
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2you must take the first of all the ground’s produce you harvest from the land the LORD your God is giving you, place it in a basket, and go to the place where he chooses to locate his name.
- Num 15:12-132 verses73%
12You must do so for each one according to the number that you prepare.
13“‘Every native-born person must do these things in this way to present an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
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8“You are to say to them:‘Any man from the house of Israel or from the resident foreigners who live in their midst, who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
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5Eating the Peace Offering“‘When you sacrifice a peace offering sacrifice to the LORD, you must sacrifice it so that it is accepted for you.
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39“‘These things you must present to the LORD at your appointed times, in addition to your vows and your freewill offerings, as your burnt offerings, your grain offerings, your drink offerings, and your peace offerings.’”
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8And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice for discharging a vow or as a peace offering to the LORD,
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13You must eat it in a holy place because it is your allotted portion and the allotted portion of your sons from the gifts of the LORD, for this is what I have been commanded.
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42“This will be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the LORD, where I will meet with you to speak to you there.
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19“‘But you must offer to the LORD an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs one year old; they must all be unblemished.
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11You shall rejoice before him– you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you– in the place where the LORD chooses to locate his name.
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14“Everything devoted in Israel will be yours.
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13You must offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs each one year old, all of them without blemish.
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2You 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.
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19if it is to be acceptable for your benefit it must be a flawless male from the cattle, sheep, or goats.
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29When you sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to the LORD, you must sacrifice it so that it is acceptable for your benefit.
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2“Command the Israelites:‘With regard to my offering, be sure to offer my food for my offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to me at its appointed time.’
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25When you enter the land that the LORD will give to you, just as he said, you must observe this ceremony.