Deuteronomy 12:1, Monuments of idolatry are to be destroyed; Deuteronomy 12:4, The place of God’s service to be kept; Deuteronomy 12:15, Blood is forbidden; Deuteronomy 12:16, Blood is forbidden; Deuteronomy 12:17, Holy things must be eaten in the holy place; Deuteronomy 12:18, Holy things must be eaten in the holy place; Deuteronomy 12:19, The Levite is not to be forsaken; Deuteronomy 12:20, Blood is forbidden; Deuteronomy 12:26, Holy things must be eaten in the holy place; Deuteronomy 12:29, Idolatry is not to be enquired after.
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Deuteronomy 12 — OverviewDeuteronomy 12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleMoses at this chapter comes to the particular statues which he had to
give in charge to Israel, and he begins with those which relate to the
worship of God, and particularly those which explain the second…Deuteronomy 12 — OverviewDeuteronomy 12 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter orders are given to destroy all altars, pillars, groves, and images, made for the worship of idols in the land of Canaan, De 12:1 and to bring all sacrifices and holy things unto the place which the Lord…Deuteronomy 12:1-4Deuteronomy 12:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleFrom those great original truths, That there is a God, and that there
is but one God, arise those great fundamental laws, That that God is to
be worshipped, and he only, and that therefore we are to have no other…Deuteronomy 12:1Deuteronomy 12:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThese are the statutes and judgments (cf. Deuteronomy 4:1; Deuteronomy 6:1). Moses, as the servant of God, had taught Israel statutes and rights, as God had commanded him (Deuteronomy 4:5); and now he recapitulates the…Deuteronomy 12:1-3Deuteronomy 12:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe invasion a religious one.
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