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Deuteronomy 12

Deut. 12:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But unto the place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
w which the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
your God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
shall choose
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
out of all your tribes
shebet (Hebrew #7626)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
KJV usage: X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: shay'-bet
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off
to put
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
his name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
there, even unto his habitation
sheken (Hebrew #7933)
a residence
KJV usage: habitation.
Pronounce: sheh'-ken
Origin: from 7931
shall ye seek
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
, and thither thou shalt come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
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Deut. 12:11• 11then there shall be a place which Jehovah your God will 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 shall vow to Jehovah. (Deut. 12:11)
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2 Chron. 7:12• 12Then Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice, (2 Chron. 7:12)
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Psa. 78:68• 68And he chose the tribe of Judah,{HR}The mount Zion which he loved. (Psa. 78:68)

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Deut. 12:11• 11then there shall be a place which Jehovah your God will 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 shall vow to Jehovah. (Deut. 12:11)
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Deut. 16:2• 2And thou shalt sacrifice the Passover unto Jehovah thy God, of the flock and the herd , in the place which Jehovah shall choose to cause his name to dwell there. (Deut. 16:2)
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Deut. 26:2• 2that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose to place his name there. (Deut. 26:2)
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Josh. 9:27• 27And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the assembly, and for the altar of Jehovah, to this day, in the place which he should choose. (Josh. 9:27)
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Josh. 18:1• 1And the whole assembly of the children of Israel gathered together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them. (Josh. 18:1)
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1 Kings 8:16,20,29• 16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; but I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
 20And Jehovah has performed his word which he spoke; and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and I have built the house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.
 29that thine eyes may be open upon this house night and day, upon the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place. (1 Kings 8:16,20,29)
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1 Kings 14:21• 21And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. (1 Kings 14:21)
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1 Chron. 22:1• 1And David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. (1 Chron. 22:1)
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2 Chron. 7:12• 12Then Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice, (2 Chron. 7:12)
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Psa. 78:68• 68And he chose the tribe of Judah,{HR}The mount Zion which he loved. (Psa. 78:68)
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Psa. 87:2‑3• 2Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion{HR}More than all the tabernacles of Jacob.
 3Glorious things [are] spoken of thee,{HR}O city of God. Selah. (Psa. 87:2‑3)
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John 4:20‑22• 20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.
 21Jesus saith to her, Woman, believe me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem shall ye worship the Father.
 22Ye worship what ye know not: we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews. (John 4:20‑22)
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Heb. 12:22• 22But ye have approached to mount Zion; and to a living God's city, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels, a universal assemblage; (Heb. 12:22)
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Rev. 14:1• 1And I saw, and, behold, the Lamb standing upon the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. (Rev. 14:1)
habitation.
Ex. 15:2• 2Jah is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation.{HR}This is my God, and I will glorify him;{HR}My father's God, and I will extol him. (Ex. 15:2)
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Ex. 25:22• 22And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 25:22)
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Num. 7:89• 89And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Him, then he heard the voice speaking to him from off the mercy-seat which was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubim; and he spoke to Him. (Num. 7:89)
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1 Kings 8:27• 27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! (1 Kings 8:27)
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Psa. 132:13‑14• 13For Jehovah hath chosen (in) Zion;{HR}He hath desired [it] for his dwelling:
 14This [is] my rest forever;{HR}Here will I dwell, for I have desired it. (Psa. 132:13‑14)
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Isa. 66:1‑2• 1Thus saith Jehovah, the heavens [are] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: what [is] the house that ye will build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?
 2Even all those [things] hath my hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith Jehovah. But to this [man] will I look, to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and trembling at my word. (Isa. 66:1‑2)
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Acts 7:48‑50• 48But the Highest dwelleth not in [places] made with hands; even as the prophet saith,
 49The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth a footstool of my feet: what sort of house will ye build me, saith [the] Lord, or what [is] my place of rest?
 50Did not my hand make all these things? (Acts 7:48‑50)
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Eph. 2:20‑22• 20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-stone,
 21in whom all the building fitted together increaseth unto a holy temple in [the] Lord,
 22in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God in [the] Spirit. (Eph. 2:20‑22)
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Col. 2:9• 9For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; (Col. 2:9)
• God must and does choose for Himself – a simple yet most important consideration (Deut. 12:5, 11, 14, 18, 21, 26). Will-worship is intolerable. It ought most of all to shock the Christian. If it were merely a question of man, nobody would think of choosing for another. Nobody likes this. If people like to choose for themselves, as mere men, what an awful delusion it is to be choosing for God – to be really governed by your own will in matters of religion! (“Deuteronomy 12” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)