Deuteronomy 12:12

Easy To Read Version

Come to that place with all your people—your children, all your servants, and the Levites [76] living in your towns. (These Levites will not have a share of the land for their own.) Enjoy yourselves together there with the Lord your God.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:66

The next day, Solomon told the people to go home. All the people thanked the king, said goodbye, and went home. They were happy because of all the good things that the Lord had done for David his servant and for his people Israel.

2 Chronicles 29:36

Hezekiah and the people were very happy about the things God prepared for his people. And they were happy he did it so quickly!

Nehemiah 8:9

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher, and the men from the Levites that were teaching the people spoke. They said, “Today is a special day {\cf2\super [44]} to the Lord your God. Don’t be sad and cry.” They said that because all the people had begun to cry as they were listening to the messages of God in the Law.

Psalm 147:1

Praise the Lord because he is good.\par Sing praises to our God.\par It is good and pleasant to praise him.\par

Leviticus 23:40

On the first day you will take good fruit from fruit trees. And you will take branches from palm trees, poplar trees and willow trees by the brook. You will celebrate before the Lord your God for seven days.

Numbers 18:20

The Lord also said to Aaron, “You will not get any of the land. And you will not own anything that the other people own. I, the Lord, will be yours. The Israelite people will get the land that I promised. But I am my gift to you.

Numbers 18:26

“Speak to the Levite people and tell them: The people of Israel will give one tenth of everything they own to the Lord. That one tenth will belong to the Levite people. But you must give one tenth of that to the Lord as your offering.

John 13:8

Peter said, “No! You will never wash my feet.”

Acts 8:21

You cannot share with us in this work. Your heart is not right before God.

Deuteronomy 10:9

That is why the Levites [59] did not get any share of land like the other family groups did. The Levites have the Lord for their share. That is what the Lord your God promised them.)

Deuteronomy 12:18

You must eat those offerings only at the place where the Lord your God will be together with you—the special place that the Lord your God will choose. You must go there and eat together with your sons, your daughters, all your servants, and the Levites [79] living in your towns. Enjoy yourselves there with the Lord your God. Enjoy the things you have worked for.

Deuteronomy 12:19

But be sure that you always share these meals with the Levites. Do this as long as you live in your land.

Deuteronomy 12:7

You and your families will eat together at that place, and the Lord your God will be there with you. At that place, you will enjoy sharing the things you worked for. You will remember that the Lord your God blessed you and gave you those good things.

Deuteronomy 14:29

This food is for the Levites, [94] because they don’t have any land of their own. This food is also for other people in your towns that need it. That food is for foreigners, widows, and children that have no parents. If you do this, then the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 16:11

Go to the place the Lord will choose to be his special house. You and your people should enjoy yourselves together there with the Lord your God. Take all your people with you—your sons, your daughters, and all your servants. Also, take the Levites, [101] foreigners, orphans, [102] and widows [103] living in your towns.

Deuteronomy 16:14

Enjoy yourselves at this festival—you, your sons, your daughters, all your servants, and the Levites, [106] foreigners, orphans, [107] and widows [108] living in your towns.

Deuteronomy 18:6

“{Every Levite [116] man has a special time to work at the temple. But if he wants to work there some other time too, then he may work anytime he wants.} Any Levite living in any town anywhere in Israel may leave his home and come to the Lord’s special place. He may do this any time he wants.

Deuteronomy 26:11

Then you must {have a meal together and} enjoy all the good things that the Lord your God has given to you and your family. You must share those things with the Levites [160] and the foreigners living among you.

Deuteronomy 26:12

“Every third year is the Year of Tithes. In that year, you must give one tenth of your harvest to the Levites, [161] to the foreigners living in your country, and to the widows [162] and orphans. [163] Then those people will have plenty to eat in every city.

Deuteronomy 27:7

And you must sacrifice and eat fellowship offerings there. Eat and enjoy yourselves there together with the Lord your God.

Joshua 13:14

The family group of Levi is the only family group that did not get any land. Instead, the people of Levi get all the animals that are offered made by fire to the Lord God of Israel. That is what the Lord promised them.

Joshua 14:4

{The twelve family groups were given their own land.} The sons of Joseph had divided into two family groups—Manasseh and Ephraim. {And each family group received some land. But} the people from the family group of Levi were not given any land. They were given only some towns to live in. {And these towns were in every family group’s land.} They were also given fields for their animals.