Deuteronomy 12:11
in Deuteronomy 12then 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.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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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This verse in Deuteronomy 12
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When you cross the Jordan and live in the land
on Deuteronomy 12:10-12
Rest is defined by what it removes, rest “from all the enemies around you”, and only then does the place appear. Verse 12 puts servants and the Levite among those who rejoice.
This site's exposition
a dwelling for His Name
Barnes reads a dwelling for His Name as the LORD your God making His presence known at the place He will choose. Solomon prays toward that house at 1 Kings 8:29, the place where God had said His Name would be. There Israel brings everything He commands.
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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And our Saviour has declared that those are accepted as true worshippers who worship God in sincerity and truth, without regard either to this mountain or Jerusalem, John iv. They are commanded to bring all their burnt-offerings and sacrifices to this place that God would choose (
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The words behind it
29 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֣ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַמָּק֗וֹם | hamakom | the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִבְחַר֩ | yivchar | he will choose | H977 → | 171 times |
| יְהוָ֨ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֥ם | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בּוֹ֙ | bo | <in> it | ||
| לְשַׁכֵּ֤ן | leshaken | to cause to dwell | H7931 → | 129 times |
| שְׁמוֹ֙ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| שָׁ֔ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| שָׁ֣מָּה | shamah | there towards | H8033 → | 834 times |
| תָבִ֔יאוּ | taviu | you will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָנֹכִ֖י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מְצַוֶּ֣ה | metzaveh | [am] commanding | H6680 → | 494 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֑ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עוֹלֹתֵיכֶ֣ם | oloteikhem | burnt offerings your | H5930 → | 287 times |
| וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֗ם | vezivcheikhem | and sacrifices your | H2077 → | 162 times |
| מַעְשְׂרֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ | ma'seroteikhem | tithes your | H4643 → | 32 times |
| וּתְרֻמַ֣ת | uterumat | and [the] contribution of | H8641 → | 76 times |
| יֶדְכֶ֔ם | yedkhem | hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וְכֹל֙ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מִבְחַ֣ר | mivchar | [the] choicest of | H4005 → | |
| נִדְרֵיכֶ֔ם | nidreikhem | votive offerings your | H5088 → | 60 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תִּדְּר֖וּ | tideru | you will vow | H5087 → | 31 times |
| לַֽיהוָֽה׃ | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְהָיָ֣הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
הַמָּק֗וֹםthe place
hamakomH4725 →401 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יִבְחַר֩he will choose
yivcharH977 →171 times
יְהוָ֨הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֥םGod your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
בּוֹ֙<in> it
bo
לְשַׁכֵּ֤ןto cause to dwell
leshakenH7931 →129 times
שְׁמוֹ֙name his
shemoH8034 →864 times
שָׁ֔םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
שָׁ֣מָּהthere towards
shamahH8033 →834 times
תָבִ֔יאוּyou will bring
taviuH935 →2568 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אָנֹכִ֖יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מְצַוֶּ֣ה[am] commanding
metzavehH6680 →494 times
אֶתְכֶ֑ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
עוֹלֹתֵיכֶ֣םburnt offerings your
oloteikhemH5930 →287 times
וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֗םand sacrifices your
vezivcheikhemH2077 →162 times
מַעְשְׂרֹֽתֵיכֶם֙tithes your
ma'seroteikhemH4643 →32 times
וּתְרֻמַ֣תand [the] contribution of
uterumatH8641 →76 times
יֶדְכֶ֔םhand your
yedkhemH3027 →1618 times
וְכֹל֙and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
מִבְחַ֣ר[the] choicest of
mivcharH4005 →
נִדְרֵיכֶ֔םvotive offerings your
nidreikhemH5088 →60 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תִּדְּר֖וּyou will vow
tideruH5087 →31 times
לַֽיהוָֽה׃to Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, 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.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 26:2
you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go…
- 2 Chronicles 7:12
the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
- Deuteronomy 16:2
You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.
- 1 Kings 8:29
May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays…
- Psalms 78:68
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
- Deuteronomy 26:2
Through
Deuteronomy 17:8If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:5
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.
- Haggai 2:11
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.
- Deuteronomy 12:5
Through
Deuteronomy 15:20Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:17
Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give,…
- Deuteronomy 12:17
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
