Deuteronomy 12:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

A place

General references

Deuteronomy 12:14

Deuteronomy 28:47

Bible References

A place

But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;

And make a feast before the Lord your God, in the place which is to be marked out, where his name will be for ever, of the tenth part of your grain and your wine and your oil, and the first births of your herds and your flocks; so that you may have the fear of the Lord your God in your hearts at all times.

But year by year you and all your house are to take a meal of it before the Lord, in the place of his selection.

The Passover offering, from your flock or your herd, is to be given to the Lord your God in the place marked out by him as the resting-place of his name.

If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;

And if a Levite, moved by a strong desire, comes from any town in all Israel where he is living to the place marked out by the Lord;

Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing to him: do not be hard on him.

You are to take a part of the first-fruits of the earth, which you get from the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket, and go to the place marked out by the Lord your God, as the resting-place of his name.

When all Israel has come before the Lord your God in the place named by him, let a reading be given of this law in the hearing of all Israel.

And all the meeting of the children of Israel came together at Shiloh and put up the Tent of meeting there: and the land was crushed before them.

So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I put my name at first, and see what I did to it because of the evil-doing of my people Israel.

Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem.

General references

But in the place marked out by the Lord in one of your tribes, there let your burned offerings be offered, and there do what I have given you orders to do.

Because you did not give honour to the Lord your God, worshipping him gladly, with joy in your hearts on account of all your wealth of good things;