Deuteronomy 12:6
in Deuteronomy 12To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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:
KJV
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 12
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Some have objected that this command cannot possibly have been ever carried out, at all events until in later (lays the territory which owned obedience to it was narrowed to the little kingdom of Judah. But in these and in other precepts Moses doubtless takes much for granted. He is here, as elsewhere, regulating and defining more precisely institutions which had long been in existence, as to many details of which custom superseded the necessity of specific enactment.
This site's exposition
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings
on Deuteronomy 12:6-7
The list of what goes up to the chosen place covers nearly everything a household could give, with burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, heave offerings, vows, freewill offerings and firstlings all named. Verse 7 says what happens once they arrive, that they eat before the Lord and rejoice, so the central sanctuary is a place of meals as well as of slaughter. Rejoice falls three times in this chapter, at verses 7, 12 and 18, and every time the household is named alongside the man.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings,.... For the daily sacrifice, and upon any other account whatsoever; this was before ordered to be brought to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and now to the place where that should be fixed, Lev 17:8. and your sacrifices: all other distinct from burnt offerings, as sin offerings, trespass offerings, and peace offerings, especially the latter.
Their, tithes, and heave-offerings of their hand, that is, their first-fruits, their vows, and free-will-offerings, and firstlings, all those things which were to be religiously made use of either by themselves or by the priests and Levites, must be brought to the place which God would choose; as all the revenues of the crown, from all parts of the kingdom, are brought into the exchequer.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַהֲבֵאתֶ֣ם | vahavetem | and you will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| שָׁ֗מָּה | shamah | there towards | H8033 → | 834 times |
| עֹלֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ | ʾoloteikhem | burnt offerings your | H5930 → | 287 times |
| וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֔ם | vezivcheikhem | and sacrifices your | H2077 → | 162 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַעְשְׂרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם | ma'seroteikhem | tithes your | H4643 → | 32 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תְּרוּמַ֣ת | terumat | [the] contribution of | H8641 → | 76 times |
| יֶדְכֶ֑ם | yedkhem | hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וְנִדְרֵיכֶם֙ | venidreikhem | and votive offerings your | H5088 → | 60 times |
| וְנִדְבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם | venidvoteikhem | and freewill offerings your | H5071 → | 26 times |
| וּבְכֹרֹ֥ת | uvekhorot | and [the] firstborn<s> of | H1060 → | 122 times |
| בְּקַרְכֶ֖ם | bekarkhem | herd[s] your | H1241 → | 183 times |
| וְצֹאנְכֶֽם׃ | vetzonekhem | and flock[s] your | H6629 → | 274 times |
וַהֲבֵאתֶ֣םand you will bring
vahavetemH935 →2568 times
שָׁ֗מָּהthere towards
shamahH8033 →834 times
עֹלֹֽתֵיכֶם֙burnt offerings your
ʾoloteikhemH5930 →287 times
וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֔םand sacrifices your
vezivcheikhemH2077 →162 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מַעְשְׂרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םtithes your
ma'seroteikhemH4643 →32 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
תְּרוּמַ֣ת[the] contribution of
terumatH8641 →76 times
יֶדְכֶ֑םhand your
yedkhemH3027 →1618 times
וְנִדְרֵיכֶם֙and votive offerings your
venidreikhemH5088 →60 times
וְנִדְבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םand freewill offerings your
venidvoteikhemH5071 →26 times
וּבְכֹרֹ֥תand [the] firstborn<s> of
uvekhorotH1060 →122 times
בְּקַרְכֶ֖םherd[s] your
bekarkhemH1241 →183 times
וְצֹאנְכֶֽם׃and flock[s] your
vetzonekhemH6629 →274 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
Malachi 3:10Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of…
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:9–10
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 9:6–8
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
- Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Psalms 37:3
Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- Deuteronomy 28:12
The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow…
- Proverbs 3:9–10
Through
Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
it leads to
- Matthew 22:21
“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
- Mark 12:17
Then Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” And they marveled at Him.
- Matthew 22:21
Through
Luke 11:42Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
it leads to
- Matthew 23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced…
- Matthew 23:23
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
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.