Deuteronomy 12:18
16 but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
17 Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.
Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
19 and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
20 When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
- KJV
- But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
- WEB
- but you shall eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all that you put your hand to.
- ASV
- but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.
- DARBY
- but before Jehovah thy God shalt thou eat them in the place which Jehovah thy God will choose, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all the business of thy hand.
- BLB
- Indeed rather, before the face of YHWH your God you must eat them in the place that YHWH your God in it chooses—you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite who [is] within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the face of YHWH your God in all to which you put your hands.
- ÅB
- Men for Herrens, din Guds åsyn skal du spise det på det sted Herren din Gud utvelger, du og din sønn og din datter og din tjener og din tjenestepike og levitten som bor hos deg; og du skal glede deg for Herrens, din Guds åsyn over alt det du har vunnet ved ditt arbeid.
- OTB
- I stedet skal dere spise dem i Herrens deres Guds nærvær på det stedet Herren deres Gud vil velge—dere, deres sønner og døtre, deres mannlige og kvinnelige tjenere, og levittene fra deres byer—og dere skal glede dere over alt dere har utrettet.
- B1930
- Men for Herrens, din Guds åsyn skal du ete det på det sted Herren din Gud utvelger, du og din sønn og din datter og din tjener og din tjenestepike og levitten som bor hos dig; og du skal glede dig for Herrens, din Guds åsyn over alt det du har vunnet ved ditt arbeid.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 12:7
There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 14:23
And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:5
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:31
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
Read in contextActs 2:46
With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:19
and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
Read in contextGalatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Read in contextIsaiah 12:3
With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
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