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Deuteronomy 12:11

then 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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָ֣הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
הַמָּק֗וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
יִבְחַר֩yiv.Charhe will chooseH977 →
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֥ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430 →
בּוֹ֙bo<in> it
לְשַׁכֵּ֤ןle.sha.Kento cause to dwellH7931 →
שְׁמוֹ֙she.Moname hisH8034 →
שָׁ֔םShamthereH8033 →
שָׁ֣מָּהSha.mahthere towardsH8033 →
תָבִ֔יאוּta.Vi.'uyou will bringH935 →
אֵ֛ת'et<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherthatH834 →
אָנֹכִ֖י'a.no.KhiIH595 →
מְצַוֶּ֣הme.tza.Veh[am] commandingH6680 →
אֶתְכֶ֑ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
עוֹלֹתֵיכֶ֣םo.lo.tei.Khemburnt offerings yourH5930 →
וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֗םve.ziv.chei.Khemand sacrifices yourH2077 →
מַעְשְׂרֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ma'.se.ro.tei.Khemtithes yourH4643 →
וּתְרֻמַ֣תu.te.ru.Matand [the] contribution ofH8641 →
יֶדְכֶ֔םyed.Khemhand yourH3027 →
וְכֹל֙ve.Kholand allH3605 →
מִבְחַ֣רmiv.Char[the] choicest ofH4005 →
נִדְרֵיכֶ֔םnid.rei.Khemvotive offerings yourH5088 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
תִּדְּר֖וּti.de.Ruyou will vowH5087 →
לַֽיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →

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Exodus 20:24You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.Deuteronomy 15:20Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.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.1 Kings 11:13Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”Ezra 6:12May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.1 Kings 8:16‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’Deuteronomy 16:2–8You 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.John 4:20–23Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”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 choose.Deuteronomy 18:6Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,2 Chronicles 33:4Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”2 Chronicles 6:20May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.Psalms 68:16Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.1 Chronicles 22:7“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,1 Kings 9:3And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.1 Samuel 1:21Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,1 Samuel 1:24Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.2 Chronicles 12:13Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

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