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Deuteronomy 14:26

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24 But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,

25 then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.

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.

27 And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

28 At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
WEB
You shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires: for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you. You shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.
ASV
and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.
DARBY
and thou shalt give the money for whatever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy house.
BLB
And you shall spend the silver for whatever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for anything that your soul desires; and you shall eat there before the face of YHWH your God, and you shall rejoice—you and your house.
ÅB
For disse penger skal du så kjøpe alt hva du har lyst til, storfe og småfe og vin og sterk drikk - alt det ditt hjerte attrår - og du skal spise det der for Herrens, din Guds åsyn og være glad, du og ditt hus.
OTB
Bruk sølvet til å kjøpe hva du ønsker: storfe, sauer, vin eller annen sterk drikk, eller hva du ønsker. Da skal du og din husstand spise der i nærvær av Herren din Gud og glede dere.
B1930
For disse penger skal du så kjøpe alt hvad du har lyst til, storfe og småfe og vin og sterk drikk - alt det ditt hjerte attrår - og du skal ete det der for Herrens, din Guds åsyn og være glad, du og ditt hus.

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 9:7

    Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

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  • Matthew 21:12

    Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:20–21

    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.

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  • Psalms 106:14

    They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:12–13

    “Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

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  • Deuteronomy 26:11

    So you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.

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  • 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.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:15

    But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,

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