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Deuteronomy 12:27

Deuteronomy 12:27
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God,.... And on that only, even the altar of burnt offering:

and the blood of thy sacrifices; one as…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 12:5-32

There is not any one particular precept (as I remember) in all the law of Moses so largely pressed and inculcated as this, by which they are all tied to bring their sacrifices to that one altar which…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Deuteronomy 12:20-28

Practical Corollary to the Law of the One Altar

Originally among the Semites as among some other races all slaughter of domestic animals was sacramental 1 [132] : cp. the Heb. and Arab. word -for…

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