Ulangan 12:5
Konteks12:5 But you must seek only the place he 1 chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, 2 and you must go there.
Ulangan 12:1
Konteks12:1 These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to obey as long as you live in the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, 3 has given you to possess. 4
1 Raja-raja 6:12
Konteks6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow 5 my rules, observe 6 my regulations, and obey all my commandments, 7 I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. 8
[12:5] 1 tn Heb “the
[12:5] 2 tc Some scholars, on the basis of v. 11, emend the MT reading שִׁכְנוֹ (shikhno, “his residence”) to the infinitive construct לְשָׁכֵן (lÿshakhen, “to make [his name] to dwell”), perhaps with the 3rd person masculine singular sf לְשַׁכְּנוֹ (lÿshakÿno, “to cause it to dwell”). Though the presupposed nounשֵׁכֶן (shekhen) is nowhere else attested, the parallel here with שַׁמָּה (shammah, “there”) favors retaining the MT as it stands.
[12:1] 4 tn Heb “you must be careful to obey in the land the
[6:12] 7 tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”
[6:12] 8 tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”