Deuteronomy 16:11

Deuteronomy 16:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
• New International Version (NIV)And rejoice before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.

Context of Deuteronomy 16:11

9Count seven weeks from the time you start harvesting grain. 10Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God. Bring a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you. Enjoy yourselves in the presence of the Lord your God along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites who live in your cities, the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you. Enjoy yourselves at the place the Lord your God will choose for his name to live. 12Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and obey these laws carefully. 13After you have gathered the grain from your threshing floor and made your wine, celebrate the Festival of Booths for seven days.

Deuteronomy 16:11 word by word

וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֞ לִפְנֵ֣י׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אַתָּ֨ה וּבִנְךָ֣ וּבִתֶּךָ֮ וְעַבְדְּךָ֣ וַאֲמָתֶךָ֒ וְהַלֵּוִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ וְהַגֵּ֛ר וְהַיָּת֥וֹם וְהָאַלְמָנָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ בַּמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִבְחַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן שְׁמ֖וֹ שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt rejoiceשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• thou, and thy sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and thy daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• and thy manservantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• and thy maidservantאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
• and the Leviteלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• within thy gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gate: townH8179
• and the strangerגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• and the fatherlessיָתוֹםyâthôm · orphanH3490
• and the widowאַלְמָנָה'almânâh · widowH490
• amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• you, in the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• hath chosenבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
• to placeשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• his nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 16:11

• Deuteronomy 16:14Enjoy yourselves at the festival along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities.
• Deuteronomy 12:7There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families will eat and enjoy everything you’ve worked for, because the Lord your God has blessed you.
• Isaiah 64:5You greeted the one who gladly does right and remembers your ways. You showed your anger, because we’ve sinned. We’ve continued to sin for a long time. Can we still be saved?
• Isaiah 66:10All who love Jerusalem, be happy and rejoice with her. All who mourn for her, be glad with her.
• Habakkuk 3:18even then, I will be happy with the Lord. I will truly find joy in God, who saves me.
• Romans 5:11In addition, our Lord Jesus Christ lets us continue to brag about God. After all, it is through Christ that we now have this restored relationship with God.
• 2 Corinthians 1:24It isn’t that we want to have control over your Christian faith. Rather, we want to work with you so that you will be happy. Certainly, you are firmly established in the Christian faith.
• Philippians 4:4Always be joyful in the Lord! I’ll say it again: Be joyful!

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Thou shalt rejoice - The offerings of the Israelites were to be eaten with festivity, communicated to their friends with liberality, and bestowed on the poor with great generosity, that they might partake with them in these repasts with joy before the Lord. To answer these views it was necessary to eat the flesh while it was fresh, as in that climate putrefaction soon took place; therefore they were commanded to let nothing remain until the morning…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-12Verses 9-12 Feast of Weeks; and Deuteronomy 16:13-17, Feast of Tabernacles. Nothing is here added to the rules given in Leviticus and Numbers except the clauses so often recurring in Deuteronomy and so characteristic of it, which restrict the public celebration of the festivals to the sanctuary, and enjoin that the enjoyments of them should be extended to the Levites, widows, orphans, etc.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-129-12. Seven weeks shalt thou number--The feast of weeks, or a WEEK OF WEEKS: the feast of pentecost (see on Le 23:10; also see Ex 34:22; Ac 2:1). As on the second day of the passover a sheaf of new barley, reaped on purpose, was offered, so on the second day of pentecost a sheaf of new wheat was presented as first-fruits (Ex 23:16; Nu 28:26), a freewill, spontaneous tribute of gratitude to God for His temporal bounties. This feast was instituted in memory…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 16:11

• Feasts
• Orphan
• Pentecost
• Servant
• Thankfulness
• Widow
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• God
• Levite
• Levi, Levite
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Banquet
• Entertain
• Feast
• Foreigner
• Gift
• Inherit

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings