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Deuteronomy 16:17

GenerosityGratitude

15 For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

16 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.

18 You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

19 Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

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BSB
Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.
KJV
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
WEB
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the LORD your God’s blessing which he has given you.
ASV
every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.
DARBY
each [shall give] according to that which is in his power to give, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.
BLB
a man as he is able, according to the blessing of YHWH your God that He has given you.
ÅB
men enhver med den gave han har råd til, etter den velsignelse som Herren din Gud har gitt deg.
OTB
Hver av dere må bringe en gave i samsvar med måten Herren din Gud har velsignet deg.
B1930
men enhver med den gave han har råd til, efter den velsignelse som Herren din Gud har gitt dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 9:6–7

    Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

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  • 2 Corinthians 8:12

    For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:10

    And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,

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  • Mark 12:41–44

    As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.

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  • Leviticus 27:8

    But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.

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  • Ezra 2:63

    The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

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