That day the people were very happy as they ate and drank there together with the Lord.
Deuteronomy 12:7 - Easy To Read Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice in all to which you put your hand, you and your households, in which the Lord your God has blessed you. American Standard Version (1901) and there ye shall eat before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee. Common English Bible You will have a feast there, each of you and your families, in the LORD your God’s presence, and you will celebrate all you have done because the LORD your God has blessed you. Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall eat it there, in the sight of the Lord your God. And you shall rejoice in all the things to which you shall set your hand: you and your household, which the Lord your God has blessed for you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And you shall eat there in the sight of the Lord your God: and you shall rejoice in all things, whereunto you shall put your hand, you and your houses wherein the Lord your God hath blessed you. |
That day the people were very happy as they ate and drank there together with the Lord.
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.
I learned that the best thing for people to do is to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live.
God wants every person to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. These are gifts from God.
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.
But Tyre will not keep the money she earns. Tyre’s profit from her trade will be saved for the Lord. Tyre will give that profit to the people that serve the Lord. So the Lord’s servants will eat until they are full, and they will wear nice clothes.
The person that gathers food will eat it,\par and that person will praise the Lord.\par The person that gathers the grapes,\par will drink the wine \{from those grapes\}.\par All these things will happen\par in my holy land.”\par
Only the ruler of the people may sit at this gate when he eats a meal with the Lord. He must enter through the porch of the gateway and go out the same way.”
Our food is gone. Joy and happiness are gone from the temple {\cf2\super [8]} of our God.
Then you will have plenty to eat.\par You will be full.\par You will praise the name\par of the Lord your God.\par He has done wonderful things for you.\par My people will never \{again\} be ashamed.\par
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.
You can cry and cover the Lord’s altar with tears, but the Lord will not accept your gifts. The Lord will not be pleased with the things you bring to him.
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.
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.
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.
“You must not continue to worship the way we have been worshiping. Until now, each of us has been worshiping God any way we wanted.
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.
Use the money to buy anything you want—cows, sheep, wine or beer or any other food. Then you and your family should eat and enjoy yourselves there in that place with the Lord your God.
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.
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.
And you must sacrifice and eat fellowship offerings there. Eat and enjoy yourselves there together with the Lord your God.
“The Lord your God gave you many blessings. But you did not serve him with joy and a glad heart.