Deuteronomy 12:26
What does Deuteronomy 12:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 12:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which Jehovah shall choose;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which Jehovah shall choose;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But the holy things which you have, and the offerings of your oaths, you are to take to the place which will be marked out by the Lord:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Only, thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou dost take up, and hast gone in unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But the things which thou hast sanctified and vowed to the Lord, thou shalt take, and shalt come to the place which the Lord shall choose:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But thy hallowed things which thou hast, and what thou hast vowed, thou shalt take, and come to the place which Jehovah will choose;
Context
v.25Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
v.26This passage
v.27and thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Jehovah thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of Jehovah thy God; and thou shalt eat the flesh.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 28:20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
- Deuteronomy 12:11
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.
- Psalms 66:13
I will come into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows,
- Deuteronomy 12:17
Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy grain, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;
- Deuteronomy 12:6
and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock:
- Numbers 5:9
And every heave-offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present unto the priest, shall be his.
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