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Deuteronomy 12:11

Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

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KJV King James Version

Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

BSB Berean Standard Bible

then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.

WEB World English Bible

then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.

ASV American Standard Version

then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto Jehovah.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

‘And it hath been, the place on which Jehovah your God doth fix to cause His name to tabernacle there, thither ye bring in all that which I am commanding you, your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all the choice of your vows which ye vow to Jehovah;

Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 12

8 Ye shall not do after all [the things] that we do here this day, every man whatsoever [is] right in his own eyes.

9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.

10 But [when] ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and [when] he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that [is] within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:

14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.

וְהָיָ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto be הַמָּק֗וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplace אֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhich יִבְחַר֩H977 · ba.charto choose יְהוָ֨הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֥םH430 · e.lo.himGod בּוֹ֙H9033 · ohim לְשַׁכֵּ֤ןH7931 · sha.khanto dwell שְׁמוֹ֙H8034 · shemname שָׁ֔םH8033 · shamthere שָׁ֣מָּהH8033 · shamthere תָבִ֔יאוּH935 · boto come (in): come אֵ֛תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolall אֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhich אָנֹכִ֖יH595 · a.no.khiI מְצַוֶּ֣הH6680 · tsa.vahto command אֶתְכֶ֑םH853 · et[Obj.]עוֹלֹתֵיכֶ֣םH5930 · o.lahburnt offering וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֗םH2077 · ze.vachsacrifice מַעְשְׂרֹֽתֵיכֶם֙H4643 · ma.a.sertithe וּתְרֻמַ֣תH8641 · te.ru.mahcontribution יֶדְכֶ֔םH3027 · yadhand וְכֹל֙H3605 · kolall מִבְחַ֣רH4005 · miv.charbest נִדְרֵיכֶ֔םH5088 · ne.dervow אֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhich תִּדְּר֖וּH5087 · na.darto vow לַֽיהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 15:20Thou shalt eat [it] before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.Deuteronomy 12:5But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:Deuteronomy 17:8If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, [being] matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;Deuteronomy 18:6And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;John 4:20-23Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.Deuteronomy 16:2-8Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.Deuteronomy 12:18But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.Jeremiah 7:12But go ye now unto my place which [was] in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.1 Kings 8:13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.Deuteronomy 14:23And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.Deuteronomy 12:21If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.Deuteronomy 12:26Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:Joshua 18:1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.1 Kings 8:29That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, [even] toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.Psalm 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.Deuteronomy 26:2That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put [it] in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.Deuteronomy 12:14But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.Deuteronomy 31:11When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

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