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Deuteronomy 12:5

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¶ But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

But unto the place {H4725} which the LORD {H3068} your God {H430} shall choose {H977} out of all your tribes {H7626} to put {H7760} his name {H8034} there, even unto his habitation {H7933} shall ye seek {H1875}, and thither thou shalt come {H935}:

Rather, you are to come to the place where ADONAI your God will put his name. He will choose it from all your tribes; and you will seek out that place, which is where he will live, and go there.

Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 12:11 (15 votes)

    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:

  • Deuteronomy 26:2 (11 votes)

    That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put [it] in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:12 (10 votes)

    ¶ And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

  • Deuteronomy 16:2 (9 votes)

    Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.

  • 1 Kings 8:29 (7 votes)

    That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, [even] toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

  • Psalms 78:68 (6 votes)

    But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

  • Deuteronomy 12:13 (6 votes)

    Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: