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But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Mais vous le chercherez à sa demeure, et vous irez au lieu que l'Eternel, votre Dieu, choisira parmi toutes vos tribus pour y placer son nom.

KJV

But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    De Somniis (lib. i-ii)

    ηται κύριος ὁ θεός, κἀκεῖ θύειν τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ τὰ σωτήρια καὶ τὰς ἄλλας ἀμώμους θυσίας ἀνάγειν (Deut. 12,5 ss.). κατὰ δὲ τρίτον σημαινόμενον αὐτὸς ὁ θεὸς καλεῖται τόπος τῷ περιέχειν μὲν τὰ ὅλα, περιέχεσθαι δὲ πρὸς μηδενὸς ἁπλῶς, καὶ τῷ καταφυγὴν τῶν συμπάντων αὐτὸν εἶναι, κα…
  • Philo Judaeus

    De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)

    Η (Turn.) 18 ἀλλὰ R 18. 19 ὑπομενεῖν Maug. 20 τοῦδε] τούτου F2 πίστις RF: πίστις ἐστὶ ΑΗ (v) 11 sqq. Deut. 12,5 sqq. 13 cf. loseph. c. Ap. II §193 εἷς ναός ἑνὸς θεοῦ, φίλον γὰρ ἀεὶ παντὶ τὸ ὅμοιον, κοινὸς ἀπάντων κοινοῦ θεοῦ ἁπάντων. Ant. Iud. IV § 200 ἱερὰ πόλις ἔστω μία τῆς Χαν…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ording to the Divine prevision, that place were chosen for the worship of God. Hence it is written ( Dt. 12:5,6 ): "You shall come to the place which the Lord your God shall choose . . . and you shall offer . . . your holocausts and victims." Now it was not meet for that place to…

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