Deuteronomy 12:7
in Deuteronomy 12There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
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ASV
and there ye shall eat before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.
KJV
And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 12
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings
on Deuteronomy 12:6-7
Verse 7 says they eat there and rejoice, so the sanctuary is a place of meals as well as slaughter. Rejoicing falls at verses 7, 12 and 18, each time with the household named.
This site's exposition
your God has blessed you
The meal at the sanctuary is tied to what the LORD has blessed the household with. Verse 15 measures ordinary meat by the same blessing, and at 16:17 each man brings a gift in proportion to it. The harvest sets the size of the feast.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God,....
And this holy pious joy in God and his goodness, with which we are to rejoice evermore, would be the best preservative against the sin and snare of vain and carnal mirth and a relief against the sorrows of the world. They are commanded to be kind to the Levites.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
An injunction that the feasts which accompanied certain offerings (not specified) were to be also held in the same place.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲכַלְתֶּם־ | vaakhaltem- | and you will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| שָׁ֗ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| לִפְנֵי֙ | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם | usemachtem | and you will rejoice | H8055 → | 155 times |
| בְּכֹל֙ | bekhol | in every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מִשְׁלַ֣ח | mishlach | <the> undertaking of | H4916 → | 10 times |
| יֶדְכֶ֔ם | yedkhem | hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אַתֶּ֖ם | ʾatem | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וּבָתֵּיכֶ֑ם | uvateikhem | and households your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בֵּֽרַכְךָ֖ | berakha | he has blessed you | H1288 → | 330 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
וַאֲכַלְתֶּם־and you will eat
vaakhaltem-H398 →810 times
שָׁ֗םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
לִפְנֵי֙<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔םGod your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗םand you will rejoice
usemachtemH8055 →155 times
בְּכֹל֙in every
bekholH3605 →5413 times
מִשְׁלַ֣ח<the> undertaking of
mishlachH4916 →10 times
יֶדְכֶ֔םhand your
yedkhemH3027 →1618 times
אַתֶּ֖םyou
ʾatemH859 →1094 times
וּבָתֵּיכֶ֑םand households your
uvateikhemH1004 →2046 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בֵּֽרַכְךָ֖he has blessed you
berakhaH1288 →330 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃God your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 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
Leviticus 23:40On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to…
it leads to
- Revelation 7:9
After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes…
- Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
- Matthew 21:8
A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
- John 12:13
They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”
- Deuteronomy 16:14–15
And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
- Revelation 7:9
Through
Deuteronomy 12:12And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 26:12
When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and…
- Deuteronomy 10:9
That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
- Deuteronomy 26:12
Through
Deuteronomy 14:26Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice…
it leads to
- Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
- Ecclesiastes 9:7
Where this verse is studied
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.