Verse 5

Deuteronomy 12:5

Geneva Bible

5 But ye shall seeke the place which the Lord your God (Elohim) shall chose out of all your tribes, to put his Name there, and there to dwell, and thither thou shalt come,
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֠י אִֽם אֶל הַ/מָּק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶם֙ מִ/כָּל שִׁבְטֵי/כֶ֔ם לָ/שׂ֥וּם אֶת שְׁמ֖/וֹ שָׁ֑ם לְ/שִׁכְנ֥/וֹ תִדְרְשׁ֖וּ וּ/בָ֥אתָ שָֽׁמָּ/ה
English Translation
For if to the place that the LORD your God will choose from all your tribes to set his name there, you shall seek, and there you shall go.
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Chapter 12 Context
1 These are the ordinances and the lawes, which ye shall obserue and doe in the lande (which the Lord... Focus ↗
2 Yee shall vtterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall possesse, serued their g... Focus ↗
3 Also ye shall ouerthrowe their altars, and breake downe their pillars, and burne their groues with f... Focus ↗
4 Ye shall not do so vnto ye Lord your God (Elohim), Focus ↗
5 But ye shall seeke the place which the Lord your God (Elohim) shall chose out of all your tribes, to...
6 And ye shall bring thither your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the offri... Focus ↗
7 And there ye shall eate before the Lord your God (Elohim), and ye shall reioyce in all that yee put... Focus ↗
8 Ye shall not doe after all these things that we doe here this day: that is, euery man whatsoeuer see... Focus ↗
9 For ye are not yet come to rest, and to the inheritance which the Lord thy God (Elohim) giueth thee. Focus ↗
10 But when ye goe ouer Iorden, and dwell in ye land, which the Lord your God (Elohim) hath giuen you t... Focus ↗
11 When there shalbe a place which the Lord your God (Elohim) shall chose, to cause his name to dwell t... Focus ↗
12 And ye shall reioyce before the Lord your God (Elohim), yee, and your sonnes and your daughters, and... Focus ↗
13 Take heede that thou offer not thy burnt offrings in euery place that thou seest: Focus ↗
14 But in ye place which the Lord shall chose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt of... Focus ↗
15 Notwithstanding thou maiest kill and eate flesh in all thy gates, whatsoeuer thine heart desireth, a... Focus ↗
16 Onely ye shall not eat the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as water. Focus ↗
17 Thou maist nor eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corne, nor of thy wine, nor of thine oyle, nor... Focus ↗
18 But thou shalt eate it before the Lord thy God (Elohim), in the place which the Lord thy God (Elohim... Focus ↗
19 Beware, that thou forsake not the Leuite, as long as thou liuest vpon the earth. Focus ↗
20 When the Lord thy God (Elohim) shall enlarge thy border, as hee hath promised thee, and thou shalt s... Focus ↗
21 If the place which the Lord thy God (Elohim) hath chosen to put his Name there, be farre from thee,... Focus ↗
22 Euen as the roe bucke, and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them. both the vncleane and the clea... Focus ↗
23 Onely bee sure that thou eate not the blood: for the blood is the life, and thou maiest not eate the... Focus ↗
24 Therefore thou shalt not eat it, but powre it vpon the earth as water. Focus ↗
25 Thou shalt not eat it, that it may go well with thee; and with thy children after thee, when thou sh... Focus ↗
26 But thine holy things which thou hast, and thy vowes thou shalt take vp, and come vnto the place whi... Focus ↗
27 And thou shalt make thy burnt offerings of the flesh, and of the blood vpon the altar of the Lord th... Focus ↗
28 Take heede, and heare all these woordes which I commaund thee, that it may goe well with thee, and w... Focus ↗
29 When the Lord thy God (Elohim) shall destroy the nations before thee, whither thou goest to possesse... Focus ↗
30 Beware, lest thou be taken in a snare after them, after that they be destroied before thee, and lest... Focus ↗
31 Thou shalt not doe so vnto the Lord thy God (Elohim): for al abomination, which the Lord hateth, hau... Focus ↗
32 Therefore whatsoeuer I command you, take heede you doe it: thou shalt put nothing thereto, nor take... Focus ↗