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La Biblia Reina-Valera
Deuteronomio 12:4
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Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
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- CondensedParallel Translations
No procederéis así con el Señor vuestro Dios,
No har�is as� a Jehov� vuestro Dios.
No har�is as� al SE�OR vuestro Dios.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Deuteronomy 12:30, Deuteronomy 12:31, Deuteronomy 16:21, Deuteronomy 16:22, Deuteronomy 20:18, Leviticus 20:23
Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:3 - and after Joshua 22:15 - General 1 Kings 14:15 - beyond the river 2 Kings 17:12 - Ye shall not Psalms 78:58 - their high
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God. Not sacrifice to him on hills and mountains, and under green trees; though the Jews commonly refer this to the destruction of the names of God, and of any thing appertaining to the temple; that though the temples and the altars of the Heathens were to be overthrown, yet not a stone was to be taken from the house of God, or that belonged to it, nor any of his names to be blotted out; so the Targum of Jonathan and Maimonides z, who also observes a, that whoever removes a stone by way of destruction from the altar, or from the temple, or from the court, is to be beaten; so he that burns the holy wood.
z Yesode Hattorah, c. 6. sect. 7, 9. a Ibid. sect. 8.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
i. e., “The idolaters set up their altars and images on any high hill, and under every green tree at their pleasure, but ye shall not do so; the Lord Himself shall determine the spot for your worship, and there only shall ye seek Him.” The religion of the Canaanites was human; its modes of worship were of man’s devising. It fixed its holy places on the hills in the vain thought of being nearer heaven, or in deep groves where the silence and gloom might overawe the worshipper. But such superstitious appliances were not worthy of the true religion. God had revealed Himself to people in it, and manifested among them His immediate presence and power. He would Himself assign the sanctuary and the ritual of His own service.
