Guiding Questions: Deuteronomy 12

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. What is the first commandment set forth (Deuteronomy 12:2-3)?
  2. What should the Israelites “not do” in their worship pattern (Deuteronomy 12:4)?
  3. Deuteronomy 12:5 stipulates how many worship centers—and who is to select their location?
  4. How does Deuteronomy 12:5 relate to the phrase “Anywhere (everywhere) that I mention My Name, I will come to you and bless you”?
  5. Are Deuteronomy 12:11-14 a repetition or a modification of the beginning of this chapter? (Note especially verse 12.)
  6. Deuteronomy 12:15 indicates that eating animal flesh requires bringing it to “the place” or…?
  7. What regulation is stressed in Deuteronomy 12:16?
  8. What flesh and other categories are not to be eaten save in the place”?
  9. Are Deuteronomy 12:20-22 a repetition of the prior section or an expansion/modification?
  10. What do Deuteronomy 12:23-25 add to the previous prohibition of eating blood?
  11. Deuteronomy 12:29-31 accentuates the theme of the repeated mitzvah not to –?
  12. But—what does Deuteronomy 12:31 add?

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