Verse 13

Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see:

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  • Lev 17:2-5 : 2 Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, saying, 3 Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp, 4 And does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people: 5 To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, that they may bring them to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to the priest, and offer them for peace offerings to the LORD.
  • Deut 12:6 : 6 And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contributions of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks:
  • 1 Kgs 12:28-32 : 28 Therefore the king took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 29 And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before one, even as far as Dan. 31 And he made a house of high places and made priests from all sorts of people, who were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
  • 1 Kgs 15:34 : 34 He did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which he made Israel to sin.
  • 2 Chr 15:17 : 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.