Deuteronomy 12:13

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11 then there will be the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. There you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice offerings which you vow to the Lord.

12 And ^ayou shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female servants, and the ^bLevite who is within your gates, since he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

13 Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;

14 but in the place which the Lord chooses, in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

15 “However, ^ayou may slaughter and eat meat within all your gates, whatever your heart desires, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you; ^bthe unclean and the clean may eat of it, ^cof the gazelle and the deer alike.

16 ^aOnly you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water.

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God is talking about the building of His house wherein He dwelt—the tabernacle. When the tabernacle was erected, then God inhabited it, and then they would bring the offerings to Him there, not out in some field right inside the border. They had to wait until God designated a place through the leader (probably Joshua) as to where that place was going to be.

Once they were in the land, they were forbidden to make the normal ceremonial offerings listed in Numbers 28 and Numbers 29 until the whole land had rest. Even then the regular sacrifices were limited to where the tabernacle was placed, and that would not occur until the land had rest. The length of time seems to be about seven years after Joshua 5.

Excerpted from Does Doctrine Really Matter? (Part Six)

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