Deuteronomy 31:11
What does Deuteronomy 31:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 31:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000when all Israel is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
KJV
King James Version · 1611When 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901when all Israel is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949When all Israel has come before the Lord your God in the place named by him, let a reading be given of this law in the hearing of all Israel.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862in the coming in of all Israel to see the face of Jehovah in the place which He chooseth, thou dost proclaim this law before all Israel, in their ears.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752When all Israel come together, to appear in the sight of the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou shalt read the words of this law before all Israel, in their hearing.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890when all Israel cometh to appear before Jehovah thyGod in the place which he will choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their ears.
Context
v.10And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
v.11This passage
v.12Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 8:18
Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the ordinance.
- Nehemiah 8:13
And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers’housesof all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.
- Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty:
- Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
- 2 Kings 23:2
And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah.
- 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;
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