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אַבֵּ֣ד תְּ֠אַבְּד֠וּן אֶֽת־כׇּל־הַמְּקֹמ֞וֹת אֲשֶׁ֧ר עָֽבְדוּ־שָׁ֣ם הַגּוֹיִ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם יֹרְשִׁ֥ים אֹתָ֖ם אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם עַל־הֶהָרִ֤ים הָֽרָמִים֙ וְעַל־הַגְּבָע֔וֹת וְתַ֖חַת כׇּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן׃

Deuteronomy 12:2

You must destroy all the sites at which the nations you are to dispossess worshiped their gods, whether on lofty mountains and on hills or under any luxuriant tree.

אַבֵּ֣ד תְּ֠אַבֵּדְנָ֠ן אֶֽת־כׇּל־הַמְּקֹמ֞וֹת אֲשֶׁ֧ר עָֽבְדוּ־שָׁ֣ם הַגּוֹיוֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ן יֹֽרְשׁ֛וֹת אֹתָ֖ן אֶת־אֱלֹֽהֹתֵיהֶ֑ן עַל־הֶֽהָרִ֤ים הָֽרָמִים֙ וְעַל־הַגְּבָע֔וֹת וְתַ֖חַת כׇּל־עֵ֥ץ רַֽעֲנָֽן

דברים י״ב:ה׳

כִּ֠י אִֽם־אֶל־הַמָּק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֨ר יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ מִכׇּל־שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֔ם לָשׂ֥וּם אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שָׁ֑ם לְשִׁכְנ֥וֹ תִדְרְשׁ֖וּ וּבָ֥אתָ שָּֽׁמָּה׃

Deuteronomy 12:5

but look only to the place that the LORD your God will choose amidst all your tribes as His dwelling, to establish His name there. There you are to come seek...

ה כִּ֠י אִֽם־אֶל־הַמָּק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁר־תִּבְחַ֨ר תְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֹתֵכֶן֙ מִכָּל־שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֔ן לָשׂ֥וּם אֶת־שְׁמָ֖הּ שָׁ֑ם לְשִׁכְנָ֥הּ תִּדְרֹ֖שְׁנָה וּבָ֥את שָֽׁמָּה׃

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חזקוני, דברים י״ב:ה׳:א׳

כי אם אל המקום אשר יבחר לא פי׳‎ המקום לפי שהשכינה שרתה בכמה מקומות כמו גלגל שילה נוב וגבעון ובית עולמים וחייב אדם לשנות לתלמידו דרך קצרה.

Chizkuni, Deuteronomy 12:5:1

“except at a place of His choosing.” Moses did not spell out the name of that place, seeing that at different times G-d’s Presence decides to accept homage at different locations. [but never at more than one place at a given time. Ed.]

Maimonides, Guide of the Perplexed, 3:45 (Trans. Pines)

...this place is not stated explicityly when mentioned in the Torah and not designated, but only hinted at by means of the words...'the place'

Why does G-d or the Divine want us not to worship in the place where other divinities are worshipped?

Chizkuni says the the Divine presence rests at 'home' in different locations at different times.

Where do you find sacred space? How can you make a sacred space for yourself?

יומא נ״ד ב:ב׳

ושתיה היתה נקראת תנא שממנה הושתת העולם תנן כמאן דאמר מציון נברא העולם דתניא רבי אליעזר אומר עולם מאמצעיתו נברא שנאמר (איוב לח, לח) בצקת עפר למוצק ורגבים ידובקו

Yoma 54b:2

§ The mishna taught that a stone sat in the Holy of Holies and it was called the foundation [shetiyya] rock. A Sage taught in the Tosefta: Why was it called shetiyya? It is because the world was created [hushtat] from it. The Gemara comments: We learned the mishna in accordance with the opinion of the one who said that the world was created from Zion. As it was taught in a baraita that Rabbi Eliezer says: The world was created from its center, as it is stated: “When the dust runs into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together” (Job 38:38). The world was created by adding matter to the center, like the formation of clumps of earth.