Deuteronomy 12:18

Easy To Read Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 32:11

Good people, rejoice\par and be very happy in the Lord.\par All you people with pure hearts, rejoice!\par

Psalm 68:3

But good people are happy.\par Good people have a happy time\par together with God.\par Good people enjoy themselves\par and are very happy!\par

Proverbs 3:17

People with wisdom live peaceful, happy lives.

Ecclesiastes 3:12

I learned that the best thing for people to do is to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

I have seen that this is the best a person can do: A person should eat, drink, and enjoy the work he does during his short life on earth. God has given him these few days, and that is all he has.

Isaiah 12:3

Get your water from the spring of salvation.\par Then you will be happy.\par

Acts 16:34

After this the jailer took Paul and Silas home and gave them some food. All the people were very happy because they now believed in God.

Acts 2:46

The believers met together in the temple {\cf2\super [48]} yard every day. They all had the same purpose. They ate {\cf2\super [49]} together in their homes. They were happy to share their food and ate with joyful hearts.

Galatians 5:22

But the Spirit {\cf2\super [74]} gives love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Deuteronomy 12:14

The Lord will choose his special place among your family groups. Offer your burnt offerings and do all the other things I told you only in that place.

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 12:5

The Lord your God will choose a special place among your family groups. The Lord will put his name there. That will be his special house. You must go to that place to worship him.

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 14:23

Then you must go to the place the Lord chooses to be his special house. You will go there to be with the Lord your God. At that place you will eat the tenth of your crops—one tenth of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the first animals born in your herds and flocks. In this way, you will always remember to respect the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 15:20

Every year you must take those animals to the place the Lord your God will choose. There with the Lord, you and your family will eat those animals.

1 Samuel 1:4

Every time Elkanah offered his sacrifices, he always gave one share of the food to his wife Peninnah. Elkanah also gave shares of the food to Peninnah’s children.