Deuteronomy 12:26

Deuteronomy 12:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose:
• New International Version (NIV)But take your consecrated things and whatever you have vowed to give, and go to the place the Lord will choose.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the holy things that are due from you, and your vow offerings, you shall take, and you shall go to the place that the Lord will choose,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Only the holy things which you have, and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the Lord chooses.

Context of Deuteronomy 12:26

24You must not eat the blood. You must pour it on the ground like water. 25Do not eat it! Then you will be doing what the Lord says is right. You will enjoy a happy life and so will your children. It is only the holy things that you must take to the place that the Lord will choose for himself. Those are the gifts and sacrifices that you are offering to him. 27Offer the meat and the blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord your God. For the other sacrifices, you must pour out the blood beside the altar. But you may eat the meat. 28Be careful to obey all these commands that I am giving to you. Then you will be doing things that the Lord your God says are good and right. You and your children will enjoy a happy life.

Deuteronomy 12:26 word by word

רַ֧ק קָֽדָשֶׁ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁר־יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֖ וּנְדָרֶ֑יךָ תִּשָּׂ֣א וּבָ֔אתָ אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Only thy holy thingsקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• which thou hast, and thy vowsנֶ֫דֶרneder nêder · vowH5088
• thou shalt takeנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• and goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall chooseבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 12:26

• Deuteronomy 12:6That is where you must take your burnt offerings and other sacrifices to offer to the Lord. Take your tithes and offerings to him there. Take the gifts that you have promised to give, and the gifts that you choose to give. Take the firstborn animals from your cows, sheep and goats.
• Numbers 5:9All the special gifts from the Israelites to God are for the priest.
• Numbers 18:19I have given all the gifts that the Israelites offer to the Lord to you, your sons and your daughters. That is a rule for all time. That is the Lord's special promise to you and to your descendants for all time.’
• Genesis 28:20Then Jacob made a promise to God. He said, ‘While I am on this journey, I want God to be with me and to take care of me. I want him to give me food to eat and clothes to wear.
• Leviticus 22:18‘Say this to Aaron, to his sons and to all the people. If any person gives a gift to the Lord,
• 1 Samuel 1:21Next year, Elkanah went to Shiloh to offer sacrifices to the Lord, as he had promised to do. His family went with him.
• Psalms 66:13I will bring burnt offerings to your Temple. I will bring to you the gifts that I promised.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 12:26

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-32Verses 5-32 The command to bring ALL the sacrifices to the door of the tabernacle, was now explained with reference to the promised land. As to moral service, then, as now, men might pray and worship every where, as they did in their synagogues. The place which God would choose, is said to be the place where he would put his name. It was to be his habitation, where, as King of Israel, he would be found by all who reverently sought him. Now, under the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2822-28. Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them, &c.--Game when procured in the wilderness had not been required to be brought to the door of the tabernacle. The people were now to be as free in the killing of domestic cattle as of wild animals. The permission to hunt and use venison for food was doubtless a great boon to the Israelites, not only in the wilderness, but on their settlement in Canaan, as the mountainous ranges of…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings