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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:4-14

Centralization in worship. It is quite unnecessary that we should here enter upon the criticism which has been raging upon this important passage, as indicating something post-Mosaic. The directions in Exodus do not necessarily imply a multiplicity of altars at the same time, but rather successive alterations of locality in conformity with the requirements of the pilgrimage. Besides, the genius of the Jewish worship implied the centralization of it in contrast to the multiplicity of places... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:5-9

Public worship. A necessity of our spiritual life. Prompted by a community of privileges, interests, feelings, hopes, duties, temptations, aspirations; "One Lord, one faith, one baptism" ( Ephesians 4:3-7 ). It is required in it— I. THAT GOD BE PRESENT WITH HIS PEOPLE . We meet in his Name. His presence is promised ( Matthew 18:20 ). Without that presence sought and obtained, worship is in vain. II. THAT IT BE PURE AND SCRIPTURAL . Not "will-worship" (... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:5-28

Characteristic signs of Jehovah's worship. All the religious institutions of Moses were bulwarks against the idolatry of the period, and were admirably suited to the intellectual and moral condition of the people. The worship of the true God was characterized by— I. A SINGLE , GOD - SELECTED SHRINE . As the heathen had gods many, they had plurality of temples, altars, and shrines. The single, central temple of Jehovah promoted at least two worthy objects. 1. It kept alive... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:6

To the appointed place all their sacrificial gifts and offerings were to be brought, and there they were to keep their holy feasts. The gifts are classified in groups. 1. Burnt offerings and sacrifices, the two principal kinds of altar offerings, with which meal offerings and drink offerings were united ( Numbers 15:4 , etc.). 2. Tithes and heave offerings (cf. Le 27:30-33; Numbers 18:21-24 ). The heave offerings are described as of your hand , either because offered by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:6-29

The central sanctuary. There are difficulties connected with this law from which conclusions have been drawn adverse to the Mosaic authorship of Deuteronomy. These arise: 1. From the lack of evidence that the law was in force in the days of the judges and earlier kings. 2. From the practice of judges, kings, prophets, and other good men in offering sacrifices elsewhere than at the prescribed center. 3. From the mention of other sanctuaries in the history ( e . g . Joshua... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:7

And there ye shall eat before the Lord. The injunction here and in Deuteronomy 12:17 , respecting the eating by the offerer of the firstlings of his flocks and herds, appears to be inconsistent with the injunction in Numbers 18:18 . There it seems as if the whole of the flesh was to be given to the priest. "And the flesh of them shall be thine [the priest's], as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine." This may be taken to mean that just as the wave breast and the right... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:8-10

In the wilderness, while leading a nomadic life, no certain place could be appointed to them for the observance of sacred rites; each man did in that matter as suited his own convenience. But after they were settled in Canaan it should no longer be so; a certain order and fixed locality should be determined for their worship and service; when they had passed over Jordan the Lord would give them rest from all their enemies, and then all irregularity and arbitrariness in the matter of worship... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:11

All your choice vows ; i . e . all the vows of your choice, all that ye choose to make; the vow was purely voluntary; it became obligatory only after it was made. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:12

Of their offerings they should make a festive meal for themselves and their household; and of this the Levite who might happen at the time to be resident among them was to partake. Rejoice before the Lord. This phrase occurs frequently in this book ( Deuteronomy 14:26 ; Deuteronomy 16:11 , Deuteronomy 16:14 ; Deuteronomy 26:11 ; Deuteronomy 27:7 ); elsewhere it appears only once— Leviticus 23:40 , where it is used with reference to the Feast of Tabernacles, Moses now enjoins this... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:13-16

They were to beware of offering sacrifice in any place that might seem to them best; their offerings were to be presented only in that place which God should choose. But this did not imply that they were not to kill and eat in their own abodes whatever they desired for food, according to the blessing of Jehovah their God. Only they were to abstain from eating of blood (cf. Genesis 9:4 ; Le 7:26); that they were to pour on the earth as if it were water. Burnt offering ; this is named ... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:4-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:5-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:5-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:6-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 12:13-16

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