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Deuteronomy 15:20

18 Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

19 You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.

Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.

21 But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

22 Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.

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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.

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BSB
Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.
KJV
Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
WEB
You shall eat it before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household.
ASV
Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose, thou and thy household.
DARBY
Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God, year by year, in the place which Jehovah will choose, thou and thy household.
BLB
Before the face of YHWH your God you shall eat [it] year by year in the place that YHWH chooses—You and your house.
ÅB
For Herrens, din Guds åsyn skal du og ditt hus spise det hvert år på det sted Herren utvelger.
OTB
Du og din husstand skal spise dem hvert år i Herrens din Guds nærvær på det stedet Han vil velge.
B1930
For Herrens, din Guds åsyn skal du og ditt hus ete det hvert år på det sted Herren utvelger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 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.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:5–7

    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.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:17

    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.

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