Holman Christian Standard Bible

Deuteronomy 12:1-6 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

1. “Be careful to follow these statutes and ordinances in the land that Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days you live on the earth.

2. Destroy completely all the places where the nations that you are driving out worship their gods — on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

3. Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

4. Don’t worship the Lord your God this way.

5. Instead, you must turn to the place Yahweh your God chooses from all your tribes to put His name for His dwelling and go there.

6. You are to bring there your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tenths and personal contributions, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.