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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 12:11

Ver. 11. Thither shall ye bring all that I command— Maimonides observes, that one design of this institution was, to teach the Israelites not to have too high an opinion of sacrifices, since they were not of such account in the sight of God as to be accepted everywhere; but were limited to one place, and to be offered only by one family. Prayers and praises, which were the essentials of religion, might be offered up everywhere; but sacrifices, and other ceremonies of worship, being appointed,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 12:5

5. unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose . . . to put his name there . . . thou shalt come—They were forbidden to worship either in the impure superstitious manner of the heathen, or in any of the places frequented by them. A particular place for the general rendezvous of all the tribes would be chosen by God Himself; and the choice of one common place for the solemn rites of religion was an act of divine wisdom, for the security of the true religion. It was admirably calculated... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 12:7

7. there ye shall eat before the Lord—of the things mentioned ( :-); but of course, none of the parts assigned to the priests before the Lord—in the place where the sanctuary should be established, and in those parts of the Holy City which the people were at liberty to frequent and inhabit. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 12:12

12. ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, &c.—Hence it appears that, although males only were commanded to appear before God at the annual solemn feasts ( :-), the women were allowed to accompany them ( :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 12:1-14

The central sanctuary 12:1-14When Israel entered the land the people were to destroy all the places and objects used in pagan worship by the Canaanites (Deuteronomy 12:2-4). Pagan peoples generally have felt that worshipping on elevated sites brings them into closer contact with their gods than is the case when they worship in low-lying places, unless those places had been the sites of supernatural events. The Canaanites typically visualized their gods as being above them. "’Places’... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 12:1-31

1. Laws arising from the first commandment 12:1-31The first commandment is, "You shall have no other gods before me" (Deuteronomy 5:7). The legislation that follows deals with worshipping Yahweh exclusively. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 12:1-32

The Abolition of Idolatrous Places. The Centralisation of Worship. Abstinence from BloodThe larger section of the Second Discourse begins here and extends to the end of Deuteronomy 26. It consists of a code of laws, and constitutes the nucleus of the whole book: see on Deuteronomy 4:44-49. So far as any orderly arrangement can be discovered, Deuteronomy 12-16 are taken up with the more strictly religious duties; Deuteronomy 17-20 with civil ordinances; and Deuteronomy 21-26 with social and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 12:5

(5) But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes.—The very form of the order proves its antiquity. No one who was acquainted with the removal of that “place” from Shiloh to Nob, from Nob to Gibeon, from Gibeon to Jerusalem, could have written with such utter unconsciousness of later history as these words imply. It is noticeable that in the reading of this precept in the times of our Lord, the Jews seem to have arrived at the came state of unconsciousness. They... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 12:6

(6) And thither ye shall bring . . . your tithes—i.e., what the Jews understand as the “second tithe;” on which see Deuteronomy 12:17. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 12:8

(8) Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day.—Another precept strongly marked with the condition of Israel in the wilderness. It has been too much overlooked by recent commentators that the law of Moses has a prophetic side. It was given to him and to Israel at a time when they were not in a position to keep it. It was the law of the land which God would give them. In many ways its observance depended on the completion of the conquest of the land, and upon the quietness of... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 12:11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 12:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 12:7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 12:12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 12:1-14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 12:1-31

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 12:1-32

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 12:5

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 12:6

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 12:8

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