Deuteronomy 12:1
These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
Deuteronomy 12:1 in other translations
| BSB | These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess. |
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| WEB | These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days that you live on the earth. |
| ASV | These are the statutes and the ordinances which ye shall observe to do in the land which Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. |
| YLT | ‘These are the statutes and the judgments which ye observe to do in the land which Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath given to thee to possess it, all the days that ye are living on the ground: |
| DARBY | These are the statutes and ordinances, which ye shall take heed to do in the land, which Jehovah the God of thy fathers is giving thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. |
| BBE | These are the laws and the decisions which you are to keep with care in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to be your heritage all the days of your life on earth. |
| Webster | These are the statutes and judgments which ye shall observe to do in the land which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. |
What does Deuteronomy 12:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
De 12:1-15. Monuments of Idolatry to Be Destroyed.
1. These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe--Having in the preceding chapter inculcated upon the Israelites the general obligation to fear and love God, Moses here enters into a detail of some special duties they were to practise on their obtaining possession of the promised land.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
All monuments of idolatry in the promised land to be destroyed, Deu 12:1-3; and God's service to be duly performed, Deu 12:4-7. The difference between the performance of that service in the wilderness and in the promised land, Deu 12:8-11. The people are to be happy in all their religious observances, Deu 12:12. The offerings must be brought to the place which God appoints, and no blood is to be eaten, Deu 12:13-16. The tithe of corn, wine, oil, etc., to be eaten in the place that God shall choose, Deu 12:17, Deu 12:18. The Levite must not be forsaken, Deu 12:19. All clean beasts may be eaten, but the blood must be poured out before the Lord, and be eaten on no pretense whatever, Deu 12:20-25. Of vows, burnt-offerings, etc., Deu 12:26, Deu 12:27. These precepts are to be carefully obeyed, Deu 12:28. Cautions against the abominations of the heathen, Deu 12:29-31. Nothing to be added to or diminished from the word of God, Deu 12:32.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 12:1-4
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Deuteronomy 12:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 12:1
- 1 Kings 8:40
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
- Job 7:1
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
- Psalms 104:33
I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
- Deuteronomy 4:9-10
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons; Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
- Deuteronomy 4:5
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
- Deuteronomy 6:1-2
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
- Deuteronomy 4:45
These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 4:1-2
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
- Psalms 146:2
While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
- Deuteronomy 12:19
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4 The place of God's service to be kept.
15 Blood is forbidden.
16 Blood is forbidden.
17 Holy things must be eaten in the holy place.
18 Holy things must be eaten in the holy place.
19 The Levite is not to be forsaken.
20 Blood is forbidden.
26 Holy things must be eaten in the holy place.
29 Idolatry is not to be enquired after.
the statues.
4:1,2,5,45; 6:1,2
all the days.
19; 4:19; 1Ki 8:40; Job 7:1; Ps 104:33; 146:2
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Context
- Deuteronomy 12:1
These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
- Deuteronomy 12:2
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
Deuteronomy 12:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ESTOS son los estatutos y derechos que cuidaréis de poner por obra, en la tierra que Jehová el Dios de tus padres te ha dado para que la poseas, todos los días que vosotros viviereis sobre la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | *Ce sont ici les statuts et les ordonnances que vous garderez pour les pratiquer dans le pays que l’ Éternel, le Dieu de tes pères, te donne pour le posséder, tous les jours que vous vivrez sur la terre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Dies sind die Satzungen und die Rechte, welche ihr beobachten sollt, sie zu tun in dem Lande, das Jehova, der Gott deiner Väter, dir gegeben hat, es zu besitzen alle die Tage, die ihr auf dem Erdboden lebet: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hæc sunt præcepta atque judicia, quæ facere debetis in terra, quam Dominus Deus patrum tuorum daturus est tibi, ut possideas eam cunctis diebus, quibus super humum gradieris. |