Verse Lens · Context pointer
Deuteronomy 12:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
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Role in This Section
Deuteronomy 12:13 warns against offering burnt offerings at any visible location.
Read It With
- Deuteronomy 12:1–14
Read Deuteronomy 12:13 with 12:1–14. It warns against offering burnt offerings at any visible location. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: The law collection opens by commanding destruction of other cult sites and directing Israel's sacrifices, vows, tithes, and rejoicing to the place the LORD will choose rather than each person's current practice.
Why It Needs Context
Deuteronomy 12:13 warns against offering burnt offerings at any visible location. Its responsible force depends on 12:1–14; isolated from “One Chosen Place Reorders Worship,” the verse's actor, action, reason, object, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Deuteronomy 12:1–14 — One Chosen Place Reorders WorshipSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Deuteronomy 12:1–14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Deuteronomy
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech and legal clauses, poetic lines, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Deut.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 12:1–14
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