1-3 Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed 4-14 The place of God's service to be kept 15,16 Blood is forbidden &20-25 17,18 Holy things must be eaten in the holy place &26-28 19 The Levite is not to be forsaken 29-32 Idolatry is not to be enquired after

the statues De 4:1,2,5,45 6:1,2

all the days De 12:19 4:19 1Ki 8:40 Job 7:1 Ps 104:33 146:2

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:

utterly De 7:5,25,26 Ex 23:24 34:12-17 Nu 33:51,52 Jud 2:2

posses. or, inherit Nu 22:41 2Ki 16:4 17:10,11 23:13 Jer 3:6 Eze 20:28,29 Ho 4:13

3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

ye shall Nu 33:52 Jud 2:2 2Ch 31:1

overthrow [heb] break down
and burn 1Ki 15:13 2Ki 18:4 23:14 2Ch 14:3 19:3 34:3 Jer 17:2 Mic 5:14

and destroy Ex 23:13 Ps 16:4 Ho 2:17 Zec 13:2 Re 13:1

4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

De 12:30,31 16:21,22 20:18 Le 20:23

5 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 De 12:11 16:2 26:2 Jos 9:27 18:1 1Ki 8:16,20,29 14:21 1Ch 22:1 2Ch 7:12 Ps 78:68 87:2,3 Joh 4:20-22 Heb 12:22 Re 14:1

habitation Ex 15:2 25:22 Nu 7:89 1Ki 8:27 Ps 132:13,14 Isa 66:1,2 Ac 7:48-50 Eph 2:20-22 Col 2:9

6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

your burnt Le 17:3-9 Eze 20:40

tithes De 12:17 14:22-26 15:19,20 26:2 Le 27:32,33 Nu 18:15-17 Mal 3:8,10 Lu 11:42 18:12

7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

Le 23:40 Ps 128:1,2 Mal 2:13 Ac 2:46 Php 4:4

8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

every man Nu 15:39 Jud 17:6 21:25 Pr 21:2 Am 5:25 Ac 7:42

9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.

De 25:19 1Ki 8:56 1Ch 23:25 Mic 2:10 Heb 4:8,9 1Pe 1:3,5

10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

But when De 3:27 4:22 9:1 11:31 Jos 3:17 4:1,12

ye dwell De 33:12,28 Le 25:18,19 1Sa 7:12 1Ki 4:25 Ps 4:8 Pr 1:33 Jer 23:6 32:37 33:11 Eze 28:26 34:25,28 38:8

11 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 De 12:5,14,18,21,26 14:23 15:20 16:2 17:8 18:6 23:16 26:2 31:11 Jos 18:1 1Ki 8:13,29 Ps 78:68 Jer 7:12 Joh 4:20-23

your choice [heb] the choice of your

12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

And ye De 12:7 14:26,27 1Ki 8:66 2Ch 29:36 30:21-26 Ne 8:10-12 Ps 100:1,2 147:1 1Jo 1:3,4

the Levite De 12:19 14:27,29 16:11,14 18:6 26:12

forasmuch De 10:9 18:1,2 Nu 18:20,23,24,26 Jos 13:14,33 14:4

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

This was directly opposed to the customs of the heathen idolaters, in offering their sacrifices on the tops of hills and mountains. De 12:6 Le 17:2-5 1Ki 12:28-32 15:34 2Ch 15:17

14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

De 12:5,11 Ps 5:7 9:11 2Co 5:19 Heb 10:19-22 13:15

15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

Whatsoever De 14:26

the unclean De 12:21,22 14:5 15:22,23 Le 17:3-5

Of the propriety of eating clean animals there could be no question, but the blood must be poured out: yet there were cases when they might kill and eat in all their gates such as the roebuck and the hart, or all clean {wild} beasts; for these being taken in hunting, and frequently shot with arrows, their blood could not be poured out at the altar

16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

De 12:23,24 15:23 Ge 9:4 Le 7:26,27 17:10-13 Ac 15:29 1Ti 4:4

17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

the tithe De 12:6,11 14:22-29 26:12,14 Le 27:30-32 Nu 18:21

18 But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

thou must De 12:11,12,19 14:23 15:20

rejoice De 12:7 Ps 32:11 68:3 Pr 3:17 Isa 12:3 Ac 2:46 16:34 1Co 10:31 Ga 5:22 Php 3:1-3

19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

Take De 14:27-29 2Ch 11:13,14 31:4-21 Ne 10:34-39 1Co 9:10-14

as long [heb] all thy days. De 12:1

20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

shall 1Ch 4:10

as he hath De 11:24 19:8 Ge 15:18-21 28:14 Ex 23:31 34:24

I will De 12:15 Ge 31:30 Nu 11:4,20,34 2Sa 13:39 23:15 Ps 63:1 84:2 107:9 119:20,40,174 2Co 9:14 Php 1:8 2:26

21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

to put De 12:5,11 14:23,24 16:6,11 26:2 Ex 20:24 1Ki 14:21 2Ch 12:13 Ezr 6:12

22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

De 12:15,16

23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

sure [heb] strong
the blood is Ge 9:4 Le 3:16,17 17:11,14 Mt 20:28 Re 5:9

24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

De 12:16 15:23

25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

that it De 12:28 4:40 5:16 Ps 112:2 Isa 3:10 48:18,19 Eze 33:25

when De 6:18 13:18 Ex 15:26 1Ki 11:38 Ec 2:26

26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:

holy De 12:6,11,18 Nu 5:9,10 18:19

thy vows Ge 28:20 Le 22:18 1Sa 1:21-24 Ps 66:13-15

27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.

thy burnt Le 1:5,9,13 17:11

and the blood Le 4:30 17:11

28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.

Observe De 24:8 Ex 34:11 Le 19:37 2Ch 7:17 Ne 1:5 Ps 105:45 Eze 37:24 Joh 15:3,10,14

that it may De 12:25

29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;

cut off De 9:3 19:1 Ex 23:23 Jos 23:4 Ps 78:55

succeedest [heb] inherited. or, possessed

30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

that thou De 7:16 Ex 23:31-33 Le 18:3 Nu 33:52 Jud 2:2,3 2Ki 17:15 Ps 106:34-38 Eze 20:28

by following [heb] after
How did Jer 10:2 Eze 20:32 Ro 12:2 Eph 4:17 1Pe 4:3,4

31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

Thou De 12:4 18:9 Ex 23:2 Le 18:3,26-30 2Ki 17:15-17 21:2 2Ch 33:2 36:14

abomination to the [heb] abomination of the
even their sons The unnatural and horrid practice of offering human sacrifices not only existed, but universally prevailed among ancient nations. We have already (Note on Lev. 20:2) referred to the custom among the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, descendants from the Canaanitish nations, of sacrificing their children to Moloch, or Saturn; and we will now cite a passage from Diodorus Siculus, (lib. xx.) which immediately precedes that already produced relative to this barbarous custom. He states that the Carthaginians imputed their being besieged by Agathocles to the anger of Saturn, because, instead of sacrificing the best of their own children, as formerly, they had sacrificed children bought for that purpose. `In haste, therefore, to rectify their errors, they chose 200 of the noblest children, and publicly sacrificed them! Others, accused of irreligion, voluntarily gave themselves up, to the number of no less than 300! De 18:10 Le 18:21 20:2 Jer 7:31 32:35 Eze 20:31 23:27 Mic 6:7

32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

thou shalt not De 4:2 13:18 Jos 1:7 Pr 30:6 Mt 28:20 Re 22:18,19