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Deuteronomy 12:21

If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.

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ASV

If the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to put his name there, be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which Jehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee; and thou mayest eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul.

KJV

If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-ifH3588 →
יִרְחַ֨קyir.Chakit will be [too] farH7368 →
מִמְּךָ֜mi.me.Khafor youH4480 →
הַמָּק֗וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhereH834 →
יִבְחַ֜רyiv.Charhe will chooseH977 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮'e.lo.hei.KhaGod yourH430 →
לָשׂ֣וּםla.Sumto putH7760 →
שְׁמ֣וֹshe.Moname hisH8034 →
שָׁם֒shamthereH8033 →
וְזָבַחְתָּ֞ve.za.vach.Taand you will slaughterH2076 →
מִבְּקָרְךָ֣mi.be.ka.re.Chasome of herd yourH1241 →
וּמִצֹּֽאנְךָ֗u.mi.tzo.ne.Khaand some of flock yourH6629 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
נָתַ֤ןna.Tanhe has givenH5414 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לְךָ֔le.Khato you
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
צִוִּיתִ֑ךָtzi.vi.Ti.khaI commanded youH6680 →
וְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙ve.'a.khal.Taand you will eatH398 →
בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָbish.'a.Rei.khain gates yourH8179 →
בְּכֹ֖לbe.Kholin allH3605 →
אַוַּ֥ת'a.Vat[the] desire ofH185 →
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khaself yourH5315 →

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Deuteronomy 14:24But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,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.2 Chronicles 7:16For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.Deuteronomy 16:11and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.Deuteronomy 16:6You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.1 Kings 14:21Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. 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.Deuteronomy 12:15But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,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 14:23–24And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.Deuteronomy 26:2you 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 to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,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.Deuteronomy 12:11then 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.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.Deuteronomy 12:26But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.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.Nehemiah 1:9but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’

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