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Deuteronomy 27:7
7You shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before 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 Living Translation (NLT)Also sacrifice peace offerings on it, and celebrate by feasting there before the Lord your God.
Context of Deuteronomy 27:7
5And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall not use an iron tool on them. 6You shall build with whole stones the altar of the Lord your God, and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God. You shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before the Lord your God. 8And you shall write very plainly on the stones all the words of this law.” 9Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, “Take heed and listen, O Israel: This day you have 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‘When his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering, if he offers it of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.
- Leviticus 7:11‘This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which he shall offer to the Lord:
- Acts 10:36The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all—
- Romans 5:1Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Ephesians 2:16and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.
- Colossians 1:20and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
- Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
- Deuteronomy 12:7And there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice in all to which you have put your hand, you and your households, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.
- Deuteronomy 16:11You 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.
- Deuteronomy 26:10and now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which you, O Lord, have given me.’ “Then you shall set it before the Lord your God, and worship before the Lord your God.
- 2 Chronicles 30:23Then the whole assembly agreed to keep the feast another seven days, and they kept it another seven days with gladness.
- Nehemiah 8:10Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
- Psalms 100:1Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!
- Isaiah 12:3Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation.
- Isaiah 61:3To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
- Habakkuk 3:18Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
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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