God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 27:7
7Sacrifice fellowship offerings, eat them there, and enjoy yourselves in the presence of the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 27:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God.
- New International Version (NIV)Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the Lord your God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and you shall sacrifice peace offerings and shall eat there, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before the Lord your God.
Context of Deuteronomy 27:7
5Build an altar of stones there dedicated to the Lord your God. Don’t use an iron chisel on the stones. 6You must use uncut stones to build the altar of the Lord your God. Sacrifice burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God. Sacrifice fellowship offerings, eat them there, and enjoy yourselves in the presence of the Lord your God. 8Write clearly and carefully all the words of these teachings on the stones you set up.” 9Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, “Be quiet and listen, Israel. Today you have become the people of the Lord your God.
Read all of Deuteronomy 27Deuteronomy 27:7 word by word
וְזָבַחְתָּ֥ שְׁלָמִ֖ים וְאָכַ֣לְתָּ שָּׁ֑ם וְשָׂ֣מַחְתָּ֔ לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:7
- Leviticus 3:1⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “If your sacrifice is a fellowship offering of cattle in the Lord’s presence, it must be a male or female animal that has no defects.
- Leviticus 7:11“These are the instructions for the fellowship offering that you must bring to the Lord.
- Acts 10:36God sent his word to the people of Israel and brought them the Good News of peace through Jesus Christ. This Jesus Christ is everyone’s Lord.
- Romans 5:1Now that we have God’s approval by faith, we have peace with God because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done.
- Ephesians 2:16He also brought them back to God in one body by his cross, on which he killed the hostility.
- Colossians 1:20God was also pleased to bring everything on earth and in heaven back to himself through Christ. He did this by making peace through Christ’s blood sacrificed on the cross.
- Hebrews 13:20The God of peace brought the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, back to life through the blood of an eternal promise.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 16:11Enjoy 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.
- Deuteronomy 26:10So now I’ve brought the first produce harvested from the fields you gave me, Lord.” You will place the basket in the presence of the Lord your God and bow down in front of him.
- 2 Chronicles 30:23Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate the festival for seven more days. So they joyfully celebrated for seven more days.
- Nehemiah 8:10Then he told them, “Go, eat rich foods, drink sweet drinks, and send portions to those who cannot provide for themselves. Today is a holy day for the Lord. Don’t be sad because the joy you have in the Lord is your strength.”
- Psalms 100:1Shout happily to the Lord, all the earth.
- Isaiah 12:3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation.
- Isaiah 61:3⌞He has sent me⌟ to provide for all those who grieve in Zion, to give them crowns instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of ⌞tears of⌟ grief, and clothes of praise instead of a spirit of weakness. They will be called Oaks of Righteousness, the Plantings of the Lord, so that he might display his glory.
- Habakkuk 3:18even then, I will be happy with the Lord. I will truly find joy in God, who saves me.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27:7
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Some offerings were given to atone for sins or trespasses. Others were given to show that the relationship between the Lord and the donor was at peace. For example, peace offerings (also called fellowship offerings) showed that the donor and God were in harmony (see Leviticus 3:1–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-105-10. there shalt thou build an altar ... of whole stones--The stones were to be in their natural state, as if a chisel would communicate pollution to them. The stony pile was to be so large as to contain all the conditions of the covenant, so elevated as to be visible to the whole congregation of Israel; and the religious ceremonial performed on the occasion was to consist: first, of the elementary worship needed for sinful men; and secondly, of the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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