Deuteronomy 12:11

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Then the Lord your God will choose a place where his name will live. You must bring everything I command you to that place. Bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, one-tenth of your income, your contributions, and all the best offerings you vow to bring to the Lord.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:27

King Rehoboam of Judah, the former master of these people, will regain popularity if they go to sacrifice in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. Then they will kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

1 Kings 8:13

I certainly have built you a high temple, a home for you to live in permanently.”

1 Kings 8:16

‘Ever since I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I didn’t choose any city in any of the tribes of Israel as a place to build a temple for my name. But now I’ve chosen David to rule my people Israel.’

1 Kings 8:29

Night and day may your eyes be on this temple, the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’ Listen to me as I pray toward this place.

2 Kings 18:22

Suppose you tell me, “We’re trusting the Lord our God.” He’s the god whose places of worship and altars Hezekiah got rid of. He told Judah and Jerusalem, “Worship at this altar in Jerusalem.” ’

1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said, “This is where the Lord God’s temple will be. Israel’s altar for burnt offerings will also be here.”

2 Chronicles 6:20

Day and night may your eyes be on this temple, the place about which you said your name will be there. Listen to me as I pray toward this place.

2 Chronicles 7:12

Then the Lord appeared to him at night. He said to Solomon, “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.

Ezra 6:12

May the God whose name is worshiped there cause the downfall of each king and nation who tries to tamper with my orders or tries to destroy the temple of the God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued a decree. It’s to be carried out exactly as ordered.

Psalm 100:2

Serve the Lord cheerfully. Come into his presence with a joyful song.

Psalm 116:17

I will bring a song of thanksgiving to you as a sacrifice. I will call on the name of the Lord.

Psalm 66:13

I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will keep my vows to you,

Psalm 78:68

but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

Exodus 25:8

“Then have them make a holy place for me, and I will live among them.

Exodus 29:45

“Then I will live among the Israelites and be their God.

Jeremiah 7:12

“ ‘But go to my place that was at Shiloh, where I first made a dwelling place for my name. See what I did to Shiloh because of the evil done by my people Israel.

Leviticus 17:4

is guilty of bloodshed. He has shed blood and must be excluded from the people. Bring the animal to the entrance of the tent of meeting. Offer it to the Lord in front of the Lord’s tent.

Deuteronomy 12:13

Be careful that you don’t sacrifice your burnt offerings wherever you want.

Deuteronomy 12:14

Instead, sacrifice them ⌞only⌟ at the place that the Lord will choose in one of your tribes. There you must do everything I command you.

Deuteronomy 12:18

Instead, you, your sons and daughters, male and female slaves, and the Levites who live in your cities must eat these in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose. There in the presence of the Lord your God enjoy everything you’ve worked for.

Deuteronomy 12:21

If the place the Lord your God chooses to put his name is too far away from you, you may slaughter an animal from the herds or flocks that the Lord has given you. Eat as much as you want in your city. I have commanded you to do this.

Deuteronomy 12:26

Take the holy things and the offerings you have vowed to bring, and go to the place the Lord will choose.

Deuteronomy 12:5

The Lord your God will choose a place out of all your tribes to live and put his name. Go there and worship him.

Deuteronomy 14:23

Eat the tenth of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, and eat the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats in the presence of the Lord your God in the place he will choose to put his name. Then you will learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live.

Deuteronomy 15:19

You must dedicate every firstborn male from your herds and flocks to the Lord your God. Never use a firstborn ox for work, and never shear a firstborn sheep.

Deuteronomy 15:20

Every year you and your family must eat these animals in the presence of the Lord your God in the place the Lord will choose.

Deuteronomy 17:8

There may be a case that is too hard for you to decide. It may involve murder, assault, or a dispute—any case which may be brought to court in your cities. Take this case to the place that the Lord your God will choose.

Deuteronomy 18:6

A Levite from any of your cities in Israel may come from where he has been living to the place the Lord will choose. He may come as often as he wants

Deuteronomy 23:16

Let him stay with you ⌞and live⌟ among your people wherever he chooses, in any of your cities that seems best to him. Never mistreat him.

Deuteronomy 26:2

take some of the first produce harvested from the fields in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket. Then go to the place where the Lord your God will choose for his name to live.

Deuteronomy 31:11

all the Israelites will come into the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose. Read these teachings so that they can hear them.

Joshua 18:1

The whole congregation of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land was under their control.

Joshua 22:11

The rest of the Israelites heard about it and said, “See there! Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the border of Canaan. It’s in the region near the Jordan River on Israel’s side.”

Joshua 22:16

“All of the Lord’s congregation is asking, ‘What is this faithless act you have committed against the God of Israel?’ Today you have turned away from following the Lord by building an altar for yourselves. Today you have rebelled against the Lord!

Joshua 22:23

don’t spare us today. If we built an altar with the intention of no longer following him, and if we built it for making burnt offerings, grain offerings, or fellowship offerings, let the Lord punish us.

Joshua 22:27

but it will stand as a witness between us for generations to come. It will stand as a witness that we may worship in the presence of the Lord with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings.’ Then your descendants cannot say to our descendants, ‘You have no connection with the Lord!’

Joshua 22:29

It would be unthinkable for us to rebel against the Lord or to turn back today from following the Lord by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices in addition to the altar of the Lord our God that is in front of his tent.”

Joshua 9:27

But that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation. They served the Lord’s altar, wherever he chose to put it. They still serve today.

1 Samuel 1:21

To keep his vow, Elkanah and his entire household again went to offer the annual sacrifice to the Lord.