Deuteronomy 12:25
in Deuteronomy 12Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou 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.
KJV
Thou 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 sight of the Lord.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 12
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them, &c.--Game when procured in the wilderness had not been required to be brought to the door of the tabernacle.
This site's exposition
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood
on Deuteronomy 12:23-25
The blood rule is repeated with its reason attached, for the blood is the life, which is the sentence of Leviticus 17:11 where the life of the flesh is in the blood and the blood is given upon the altar to make atonement. Genesis 9:4 laid the same restriction on Noah long before Israel existed, so it does not begin at Sinai. Acts 15:20 and 15:29 keep abstaining from blood in the short list the Jerusalem council sends to Gentile believers, and readers have differed since over whether that ruling was permanent or fitted to a particular moment.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Bishop Patrick thinks one reason why they were forbidden thus strictly the eating of blood was to prevent the superstitions of the old idolaters about the blood of their sacrifices, which they thought their demons delighted in, and by eating of which they imagined that they had communion with them.
Thou shall not eat it, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee,.... That they and their posterity might be spared, and continue long, and enjoy much prosperity; for those that eat blood, contrary to this command of God, it is threatened that he would set his face against them, and they should be cut off, Lev 7:27, when thou shall do that which is right in the sight of the Lord; not only observe this command, but all others.
To prevent a revolt to false gods, we are forbidden to worship the true God in such a way and manner as the false gods were worshipped in, and are commanded to observe the instituted ordinances of worship that we may adhere to the proper object of worship. For this reason Moses is very large in his exposition of the second commandment.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹ֖א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּ | tokhelenu | you must eat it | H398 → | 810 times |
| לְמַ֨עַן | lemaan | so that | H4616 → | 272 times |
| יִיטַ֤ב | yitav | it may go well | H3190 → | 117 times |
| לְךָ֙ | lekha | for you | ||
| וּלְבָנֶ֣יךָ | ulevaneikha | and for children your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ | ʾachareikha | after you | H310 → | 715 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה | taaseh | you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַיָּשָׁ֖ר | haiyashar | the right | H3477 → | 119 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֥י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
לֹ֖אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּyou must eat it
tokhelenuH398 →810 times
לְמַ֨עַןso that
lemaanH4616 →272 times
יִיטַ֤בit may go well
yitavH3190 →117 times
לְךָ֙for you
lekha
וּלְבָנֶ֣יךָand for children your
ulevaneikhaH1121 →4930 times
אַחֲרֶ֔יךָafter you
ʾachareikhaH310 →715 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
תַעֲשֶׂ֥הyou will do
taasehH6213 →2628 times
הַיָּשָׁ֖רthe right
haiyasharH3477 →119 times
בְּעֵינֵ֥יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →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
Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then…
it leads to
- Psalms 103:3
He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
- Deuteronomy 7:15
And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
- Exodus 23:25
So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
- Psalms 41:3–4
The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
- Psalms 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- Psalms 103:3
Through
Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
it leads to
- Psalms 128:1–2
Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
- Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
- Ecclesiastes 8:12
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
- Psalms 128:1–2
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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.