Deuteronomy 12:18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁸ “But eat them before יהוה  your Elohim, in the place which יהוה  your Elohim chooses, you and your son and your daughter, and your male servant and your female servant, and the Lĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ but thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ But you shall eat them before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord your God shall choose, you and your son and your daughter, your manservant and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your towns; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in all that you undertake.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Only in the presence of the LORD your God, at the location the LORD your God selects, can you eat these things—that holds true for you, your son and daughter, your male and female servant, and the Levite who lives in your city. Then celebrate all you have done in the LORD your God’s presence.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ But you shall eat these before the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord your God will choose: you, and your son, and your daughter, and your man servant and woman servant, and the Levite who dwells in your cities. And you shall rejoice and be refreshed in the sight of the Lord your God by all the things to which you will extend your hand.

Deuteronomy 12:18 Cross References

Psalm 32:11

Be glad in יהוה  and exult, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Psalm 68:3

But the righteous are glad, They exult before Elohim. And they rejoice with gladness.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are pleasant ways, And all her paths are peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:12

I know that there is no good for them but to rejoice, and to do good in their lives,

Ecclesiastes 5:18

See what I have seen: It is good and pleasant for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which Elohim gives him, for it is his portion.

Isaiah 12:3

And you shall draw water with joy from the fountains of deliverance.

Acts 16:34

And having brought them into his house, he set food before them. And he rejoiced with all his household, having believed in Elohim.

Acts 2:46

And day by day, continuing with one mind in the Set-apart Place, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

1 Corinthians 10:31

Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the esteem of Elohim.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness,

Deuteronomy 12:14

except in the place which יהוה  chooses, in one of your tribes, there you are to offer your burnt offerings, and there you are to do all that I command you.

Deuteronomy 12:19

“Guard yourself that you do not forsake the Lĕ

Deuteronomy 12:5

but seek the place which יהוה  your Elohim chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His Name there, for His Dwelling Place, and there you shall enter.

Deuteronomy 12:7

“And there you shall eat before יהוה  your Elohim, and shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which יהוה  your Elohim has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 14:23

“And you shall eat before יהוה  your Elohim, in the place where He chooses to make His Name dwell, the tithe of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and of the firstlings of your herds and your sheep, so that you learn to fear יהוה  your Elohim always.

Deuteronomy 15:20

“You and your household are to eat it before יהוה  your Elohim year by year in the place which יהוה  chooses.

1 Samuel 1:4

And when the day came for Elqanah to make an offering, he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters,