Deuteronomy 15:20
What does Deuteronomy 15:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 15:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose, thou and thy household.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose, thou and thy household.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But year by year you and all your house are to take a meal of it before the Lord, in the place of his selection.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it year by year, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, thou and thy house.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752In the sight of the Lord thy God shalt thou eat them every year, in the place that the Lord shall choose, thou and thy house.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thyGod, year by year, in the place which Jehovah will choose, thou and thy household.
Context
v.19All the firstling males that are born of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto Jehovah thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy herd, nor shear the firstling of thy flock.
v.20This passage
v.21And if it have any blemish, as if it be lame or blind, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Jehovah thy God.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 12:5
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;
- 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 14:23
And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always.
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