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Deuteronomy 27:7
7Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Also sacrifice peace offerings on it, and celebrate by feasting there before the Lord your God.
Context of Deuteronomy 27:7
5Build there an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them. 6Build the altar of the Lord your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God. Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the Lord your God. 8And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up.” 9Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, “Be silent, Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the Lord your God.
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וְזָבַחְתָּ֥ שְׁלָמִ֖ים וְאָכַ֣לְתָּ שָּׁ֑ם וְשָׂ֣מַחְתָּ֔ לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:7
- Leviticus 3:1“ ‘If your offering is a fellowship offering, and you offer an animal from the herd, whether male or female, you are to present before the Lord an animal without defect.
- Leviticus 7:11“ ‘These are the regulations for the fellowship offering anyone may present to the Lord:
- Acts 10:36You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
- Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Ephesians 2:16and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.
- Colossians 1:20and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
- Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
- Deuteronomy 12:7There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.
- Deuteronomy 16:11And 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.
- Deuteronomy 26:10and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him.
- 2 Chronicles 30:23The whole assembly then agreed to celebrate the festival seven more days; so for another seven days they celebrated joyfully.
- Nehemiah 8:10Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
- Psalms 100:1Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
- Isaiah 12:3With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
- Isaiah 61:3and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.
- Habakkuk 3:18yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
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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