Deuteronomy 15 · Verse 20

Deuteronomy 15:20

Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household.
Deuteronomy 15:20, King James Version

Deuteronomy 15:20 in other translations

BSBEach year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.
WEBYou shall eat it before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household.
ASVThou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose, thou and thy household.
YLTbefore Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it year by year, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, thou and thy house.
DARBYThou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God, year by year, in the place which Jehovah will choose, thou and thy household.
BBEBut year by year you and all your house are to take a meal of it before the Lord, in the place of his selection.
WebsterThou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.

What does Deuteronomy 15:20 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 Thou shalt eat it - in the place which the Lord shall choose - Thus God in his mercy made their duty and interest go hand in hand. And in every case God acts thus with his creatures; well, therefore, might Satan ask, Doth Job serve God for naught? No! nor does God design that any man should.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 15:19-23

Here is a direction what to do with the firstlings. We are not now limited as the Israelites were; we make no difference between a first calf, or lamb, and the rest. Let us then look to the gospel meaning of this law, devoting ourselves and the first of our time and strength to God; and using all our comforts and enjoyments to his praise, and under the direction of his law, as we have them all by his gift.

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Deuteronomy 15:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לִפְנֵי֩lif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
תֹאכֲלֶ֙נּוּ֙to.kha.Le.nuyou will eat itH398
שָׁנָ֣הsha.Naha yearH8141
בְשָׁנָ֔הve.sha.Nahin a yearH8141
בַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.Komin the placeH4725
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
יִבְחַ֣רyiv.Charhe will chooseH977
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH859
וּבֵיתֶֽךָ\׃u.vei.Te.khaand household yourH1004

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 15:20

  • Deuteronomy 14:23

    And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.

  • Deuteronomy 12:5-7

    But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 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: 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.

  • Deuteronomy 12:17

    Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 15:19

    All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

  • Deuteronomy 15:20

    Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household.

  • Deuteronomy 15:21

    And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God.

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Deuteronomy 15:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Delante de Jehová tu Dios los comerás cada un año, tú y tu familia, en el lugar que Jehová escogiere.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		tu le mangeras, toi et ta maison, devant l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, d’année en année, au lieu que l’ Éternel aura choisi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		vor Jehova, deinem Gott, sollst du es essen, Jahr für Jahr, du und dein Haus, an dem Orte, den Jehova erwählen wird.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In conspectu Domini Dei tui comedes ea per annos singulos in loco quem elegerit Dominus, tu et domus tua.