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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/15.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/15.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Each year you and your family are to eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/15.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Instead, you and your family must eat these animals in the presence of the LORD your God each year at the place he chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall eat it, you and your household, before the LORD your God year by year at the place that the LORD will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat <i>it</i> before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You and your household shall eat <i>it</i> before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You and your household shall eat it every year before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You and your household shall eat it every year before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You and your household shall eat it every year before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You and your household shall eat it every year before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You and your household shall eat it every year before the LORD your God in the place [for worship] which the LORD chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Each year you and your family are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Each year you and your family are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD chooses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose, thou and thy household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Instead, each year you must take the first-born of these animals to the place where the LORD your God chooses to be worshiped. You and your family will sacrifice them to the LORD and then eat them as part of a sacred meal. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Every year you and your family must eat these animals in the presence of the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Each year you and your family are to eat them in the LORD's presence at the one place of worship. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your household must eat them every year at the place the LORD will choose. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You and your household must eat them annually before the LORD your God in the place he chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall eat it before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place which Yahweh shall choose, you and your household. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />you eat it before your God YHWH year by year, in the place which YHWH chooses, you and your house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it year by year, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, thou and thy house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Before Jehovah thy God thou shalt eat it year by year, in the place which Jehovah shall choose, thou, and thy house.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />In the sight of the Lord thy God shalt thou eat them every year, in the place that the Lord shall choose, thou and thy house. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In the sight of the Lord your God, you shall eat these, each year, in the place which the Lord will choose, you and your household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />In the presence of the LORD, your God, you shall eat them year after year, you and your household, in the place that the LORD will choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall eat it, you together with your household, in the presence of the LORD your God year by year at the place that the LORD will choose.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall eat a firstling before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />But eat it before LORD JEHOVAH your God from year to year in the place that LORD JEHOVAH has chosen, you and your household.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat it before the Lord year by year in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou and thy house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=4543" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/15.htm">Firstborn Animals</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19</span>You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">Each year</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: ḇə·šā·nāh (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ū·ḇê·ṯe·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">and your household</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ṯō·ḵă·len·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 3mse) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">are to eat it</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: bam·mā·qō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">in the place</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: yiḇ·ḥar (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">will choose.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-12.htm">Exodus 13:12</a></span><br />you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-19.htm">Exodus 23:19</a></span><br />Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-26.htm">Exodus 34:26</a></span><br />Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-10.htm">Leviticus 23:10-11</a></span><br />“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest. / And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-17.htm">Numbers 18:17-18</a></span><br />But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. / And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5-7</a></span><br />Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. / To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks. / There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Deuteronomy 12:17-18</a></span><br />Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts. / Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm">Deuteronomy 14:23</a></span><br />And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-24.htm">1 Samuel 1:24-25</a></span><br />Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. / And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-6.htm">2 Chronicles 31:6</a></span><br />And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-35.htm">Nehemiah 10:35-37</a></span><br />We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year. / And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God. / Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9-10</a></span><br />Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops; / then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11</a></span><br />“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Malachi 1:8</a></span><br />When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a></span><br />Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You shall eat it before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5-7,17</a></b></br> But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, <i>even</i> unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/14-25.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-25.htm">Chooses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-16.htm">House</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-16.htm">Household</a> <a href="/numbers/29-39.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/numbers/26-56.htm">Selection</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/16-2.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-2.htm">Chooses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-22.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-5.htm">House</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-12.htm">Household</a> <a href="/joshua/22-23.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-18.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/joshua/20-7.htm">Selection</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-1.htm">The seventh year a year of release for the poor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-7.htm">one must be generous in lending or giving</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-12.htm">A Hebrew servant, except by choice, must be freed in the seventh year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-19.htm">All firstborn males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Each year</b><br>This phrase indicates a recurring, annual event, emphasizing the regularity and importance of the practice. In the context of ancient Israel, annual feasts and sacrifices were central to religious life, serving as reminders of God's provision and covenant with His people. The yearly cycle of festivals, such as Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles, structured the Israelites' worship and community life.<p><b>you and your household</b><br>The inclusion of the household underscores the communal aspect of worship in Israelite society. Worship was not just an individual act but involved the family unit, reflecting the patriarchal structure of ancient Israel. This communal participation highlights the importance of teaching and passing down faith traditions within the family, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-7</a>, where parents are instructed to teach God's commandments to their children.<p><b>are to eat it</b><br>The act of eating signifies fellowship and communion with God. In the sacrificial system, certain offerings were consumed by the worshippers, symbolizing their participation in the covenant relationship with God. This practice foreshadows the New Testament concept of communion, where believers partake in the Lord's Supper, remembering Christ's sacrifice and celebrating their unity with Him and each other.<p><b>before the LORD your God</b><br>This phrase indicates the presence of God as central to the act of worship. Worship in ancient Israel was conducted with an acute awareness of God's holiness and presence. The phrase "before the LORD" signifies that the act is done in reverence and acknowledgment of God's sovereignty. This concept is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are called to live their lives as a continual act of worship before God (<a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>).<p><b>in the place the LORD will choose</b><br>This refers to the centralization of worship in a specific location, which would later be identified as Jerusalem, where the Temple was built. The choice of a specific place for worship underscores the unity and identity of Israel as God's chosen people. It also points to the future establishment of the Temple, which becomes a type of Christ, who is the ultimate dwelling place of God among men (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>). The centralization of worship prefigures the gathering of all believers in the heavenly Jerusalem, as described in <a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and instructions to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving the laws and commandments as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who provides the laws and chooses the place of worship.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_place_the_lord_will_choose.htm">The Place the LORD Will Choose</a></b><br>Refers to the central place of worship, which would later be established in Jerusalem.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_household.htm">The Household</a></b><br>The family unit, which plays a central role in the observance of God's commandments.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_worship.htm">The Importance of Community Worship</a></b><br>God emphasizes the communal aspect of worship, highlighting the importance of gathering together as a family and community to honor Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_instructions.htm">Obedience to God's Instructions</a></b><br>The command to eat in the place God chooses teaches us the importance of obedience and reverence for God's specific instructions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/remembrance_and_celebration.htm">Remembrance and Celebration</a></b><br>The annual observance serves as a reminder of God's provision and faithfulness, encouraging us to regularly remember and celebrate His goodness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/centrality_of_god's_presence.htm">Centrality of God's Presence</a></b><br>Worship is centered around God's presence, reminding us that our lives should be oriented towards Him and His chosen place of worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_as_a_unit_of_worship.htm">Family as a Unit of Worship</a></b><br>The inclusion of the household underscores the role of the family in spiritual practices, encouraging families to worship and grow in faith together.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_thank_and_praise_god.htm">How does your home reflect your faith and values?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_deut._14_22-27_contradict_tithing.htm">Deuteronomy 14:22-27 says tithes can be exchanged for money if travel is too far. Does this contradict other biblical teachings on tithing?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_passover_sacrifice_sites.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5-7: How do we reconcile sacrificing the Passover 'in the place the Lord chooses' with Exodus 12's instruction to kill the lamb at home?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_spare_gibeonites_despite_deut._20_16-17.htm">How does sparing the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:15) align with instructions to destroy all Canaanite inhabitants (Deuteronomy 20:16-17)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year.</span>--This connects the eating of the firstlings with the "second" tithe (<a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm" title="And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of your corn, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks; that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.">Deuteronomy 14:23</a>), There is some difficulty in understanding the exact relation between this precept and that which assigns the firstlings to the priests (<a href="/numbers/18-15.htm" title="Every thing that opens the matrix in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man shall you surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shall you redeem.">Numbers 18:15</a>) with the first tithe. The practical solution is to be sought in the practice of the Jews. One suggestion is (that of Rashi), that "thou shalt eat" in this place refers to the priest; another is, that the firstlings without blemish were for the priest; those that were not fit for sacrifice were for the household of the owner. But it is perfectly conceivable that there was a collection of firstlings at one time of the year for the first tithe, and these were given to the priests. At the time of the collection of the second tithe, there might, and generally would, be other firstlings born since, and these, with the second tithe, would be disposed of in the manner indicated in these verses. And this, upon the whole, seems the most probable explanation. If two tithes were a regular institution, they must have been regularly collected at fixed times. And there might easily be firstlings in both of them; in fact, there almost certainly would be. At any rate, no contradiction can be maintained as between laws which were both observed in practice by the Jews. It appears from the Talmud, that tithes and offerings might be presented, more or less, at any of the three great feasts. They would not all be presented at one time. The tithes and first-fruits in some cases were liable to be delayed. The rule was, that everything due for three years last past <span class= "ital">must </span>be cleared out of the establishment, and paid over to the proper authorities at the Feast of the Passover in the fourth and eighth years reckoned by the Sabbatical system. (See <a href="/context/deuteronomy/26-12.htm" title="When you have made an end of tithing all the tithes of your increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled;">Deuteronomy 26:12-13</a>, for more on this head.)<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Each year</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your household</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇê·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are to eat it</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹאכֲלֶ֙נּוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·ḵă·len·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵי֩</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the place</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמָּק֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bam·mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will choose.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִבְחַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(yiḇ·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> </span><span class="str2">To try, select</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Deuteronomy 15:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Deuteronomy 15:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Deuteronomy 15:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Deuteronomy 15:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Deuteronomy 15:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Deuteronomy 15:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Deuteronomy 15:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Deuteronomy 15:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Deuteronomy 15:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Deuteronomy 15:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 15:20 You shall eat it before Yahweh your (Deut. 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