Deuteronomy 12:26
24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:
27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.
- KJV
- Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:
- WEB
- Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD shall choose.
- ASV
- Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which Jehovah shall choose:
- DARBY
- But thy hallowed things which thou hast, and what thou hast vowed, thou shalt take, and come to the place which Jehovah will choose;
- BLB
- Only the holy things that are to you, and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place that YHWH chooses.
- ÅB
- Men de hellige gaver som du vil gi, og dine lovede offer skal du ta og føre med deg til det sted som Herren utvelger.
- OTB
- Men ta deres hellige ting og deres lovede offer, og gå til det stedet Herren vil velge.
- B1930
- Men de hellige gaver som du vil gi, og dine lovede offer skal du ta og føre med dig til det sted som Herren utvelger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 18:19
All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
Read in contextNumbers 5:9–10
And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:17–18
Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:11
Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
Read in contextGenesis 28:20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:6
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
Read in contextPsalms 66:13–15
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:21
If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
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