Deuteronomy 12:7

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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.

⁶ To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

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.

⁸ You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

⁹ For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
WEB: There you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.
ASV: and there ye shall eat before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.
DARBY: and ye shall eat there before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice, ye and your households, in all the business of your hand, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.
BLB: And you⁺ shall eat there before the face of YHWH your⁺ God, and you⁺ shall rejoice in all the sending out of your⁺ hands—you⁺ and your⁺ households—with which YHWH your God has blessed you.

ÅB: og der skal dere spise for Herrens, deres Guds åsyn og glede dere med deres husfolk over alt det dere har vunnet ved deres arbeid, alt det Herren din Gud har velsignet deg med.
OTB: Der, i Herrens deres Guds nærvær, skal dere og deres husstander spise og glede dere over alt dere har utrettet, fordi Herren deres Gud har velsignet dere.
B1930: og der skal I ete for Herrens, eders Guds åsyn og glede eder med eders husfolk over alt det I har vunnet ved eders arbeid, alt det Herren din Gud har velsignet dig med.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 12:18
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,
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Leviticus 23:40
On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
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Deuteronomy 14:26
Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.
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Deuteronomy 12:12
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
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Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
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Psalms 128:1–2
Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
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Deuteronomy 15:20
Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.
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Deuteronomy 16:11–15
and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
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