KJV King James Version
But 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:
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Deuteronomy 12:5
But 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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
WEB World English Bible
But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come;
ASV American Standard Version
But unto the place which Jehovah 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;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
but unto the place which Jehovah your God doth choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His tabernacle ye seek, and thou hast entered thither,
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 12
2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
5 But 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:
6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
8 Ye shall not do after all [the things] that we do here this day, every man whatsoever [is] right in his own eyes.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֠יH3588 · kiforאִֽם־H518 · imifאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמָּק֞וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichיִבְחַ֨רH977 · ba.charto chooseיְהוָ֤הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙H430 · e.lo.himGodמִכָּל־H3605 · kolallשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֔םH7626 · she.vettribe: staffלָשׂ֥וּםH7760 · sumto set: makeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁמ֖וֹH8034 · shemnameשָׁ֑םH8033 · shamthereלְשִׁכְנ֥וֹH7931 · sha.khanto dwellתִדְרְשׁ֖וּH1875 · da.rashto seekוּבָ֥אתָH935 · boto come (in): comeשָֽׁמָּה׃H8033 · shamthere
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 12:11Then 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:2 Chronicles 7:12And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.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 16:2Thou 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.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.Deuteronomy 12:13Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:Psalm 132:13-14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.Psalm 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.Isaiah 66:1-2Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?Psalm 87:2-3The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.1 Kings 8:16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.1 Kings 8:20And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.Colossians 2:9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?Numbers 7:89And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that [was] upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.Hebrews 12:22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,1 Kings 14:21And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam [was] forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.Ephesians 2:20-22And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone];
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