Deuteronomy 12:4

Ye shall (c) not do so unto the LORD your God.

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 12:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

i. e., “The idolaters set up their altars and images on any high hill, and under every green tree at their pleasure, but ye shall not do so; the Lo...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Law of One Sanctuary. The local sanctuaries (originally Canaanite) with everything belonging to them, are to be destroyed, and all sacrifices a...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God. The principal distinction, as far as regards the external exercises of devotion, is here laid d...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 4. Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God — That is, "Ye shall not adore him upon mountains, upon hills, and under every green tree;...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Abolition of Idolatrous Places. The Centralisation of Worship. Abstinence from Blood The larger section of the Second Discourse begins here an...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ye shall not do so ] i.e. worship Jehovah in the places where the Canaanites worshipped their gods.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye shall not do so — i.e. shall not serve Him upon the high mountains, and hills, and under every green tree, after the manner of the nations.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

LAWS OF SACRIFICE Deuteronomy 12:1-32 . IT is a characteristic of all the earlier codes of law-the Book of the Covenant, the Deuteronomic Code,...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus repeated the great words of the Law and called the people to obedience, Moses now proceeded to deal with the statutes and judgments, and,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing can be truly reared to GOD'S honor but what hath GOD'S glory in view. Sweet was that precept given with this view. An altar to GOD must he of...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God. Not sacrifice to him on hills and mountains, and under green trees; though the Jews commonly refer this...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. Ver. 4. Ye shall not do so. ] As wicked Ahaz did, 2Ch 28:24 by the advice and help of Uriah, that turn-...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ONE CENTER OF WORSHIP (vs.1-28) To prepare for proper worship in the land, Israel must utterly destroy those in which the nations before them ser...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Relics of Idolatry to Be Destroyed. B. C. 1451....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Not worship him in several places, mountains, groves, &c., which sense is evident from the following opposition.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Must Be Obedient to His Covenant and Destroy All That Is Related To Idolatry ( Deuteronomy 12:1-4 ). Deuteronomy 12:1 ‘ These are the sta...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—Moses now begins an exposition of the principal laws which must govern the people in their ecclesiastical, civil, and domestic life...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 12:5 . The place which the Lord shall choose. No place is here named; for the Lord was content, and most significantly, to dwell in th...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION ANNOUNCEMENT OF PARTICULAR LAWS . CHAPTERS 12-26. Moses, having in his first address cast a glance at the events which had...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concerning the Place of Worship and Sacrifices
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ye shall not do so unto the Lord, your God, that is, not select any place that pleased their fancy for His worship.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 12:30 ; Deuteronomy 12:31 ; Deuteronomy 16:21 ; Deuteronomy 16:22 ; Deuteronomy 20:18 ; Leviticus 20:23
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Not do so — That is, not worship him in several places, mountains, and groves.

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

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 12:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deuteronomy 12:4