Jeremiah has to lament that there are as many altars as towns in Judah.
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The Law is never weary of again and again repeating its injunction of local unity of worship.
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Solomon's temple also was designed to increase the attractiveness of the city of his residence.
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And finally, it was Deuteronomy that brought about the historical result of Josiah's reformation.
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All writers of the Chaldaean period associate monotheism in the closest way with unity of worship.
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To my thinking, this: - that the Priestly Code rests upon the result which is only the aim of Deuteronomy.
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The stone which Jacob consecrated at Bethel the generation of the living continues to anoint, paying the tithes which of old he vowed to the house of God there.
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For the earliest period of the history of Israel, all that precedes the building of the temple, not a trace can be found of any sanctuary of exclusive legitimacy.
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The Priestly Code preponderates over the rest of the legislation in force, as well as in bulk; in all matters of primary importance it is the normal and final authority.
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It appears a bold thing to say so when one sees how much many a modern author who knows how to make a skilful use of the Book of Chronicles has to tell about the tabernacle.
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