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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Deuteronomy 12:12 Catholic Bible: Be joyful there in his presence, together with your children, your servants, and the Levites who live in your towns; remember that the Levites will have no land of their own. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/deuteronomy/12-12.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/deuteronomy/12-12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/deuteronomy/12-12.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/deuteronomy/1.htm">Deuteronomy</a> > <a href="/gntd/deuteronomy/12.htm">Chapter 12</a> > Verse 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../deuteronomy/12-11.htm" title="Deuteronomy 12:11">◄</a> Deuteronomy 12:12 <a href="../deuteronomy/12-13.htm" title="Deuteronomy 12:13">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/12.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/deuteronomy/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Be joyful there in his presence, together with your children, your servants, and the Levites who live in your towns; remember that the Levites will have no land of their own. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you together with your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levites who reside in your towns (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall rejoice in the presence of the LORD, your God, with your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, as well as with the Levite within your gates, who has no hereditary portion with you.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/deuteronomy/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />There shall you feast before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite that dwelleth in your cities. For he hath no other part and possession among you.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">There shall you feast before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite that dwelleth in your cities. For he hath no other part and possession among you.</p><p class="hdg">And ye</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/12-7.htm">Deuteronomy 12:7</a> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/14-26.htm">Deuteronomy 14:26,27</a> And thou shalt buy with the same money whatsoever pleaseth thee, either of the herds or of sheep, wine also and strong drink, and all that thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, and shalt feast, thou and thy house: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/8-66.htm">1 Kings 8:66</a> And on the eighth day, he sent away the people: and they blessed the king, and went to their dwellings, rejoicing, and glad in heart, for all the good things that the Lord had done for David, his servant, and for Israel, his people.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/29-36.htm">2 Chronicles 29:36</a> And Ezechias, and all the people rejoiced because the ministry of the Lord was accomplished. For the resolution of doing this thing was taken suddenly.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/30-21.htm">2 Chronicles 30:21-26</a> And the children of Israel, that were found at Jerusalem, kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great joy, praising the Lord every day. the Levites also, and the priests, with instruments that agreed to their office. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../nehemiah/8-10.htm">Nehemiah 8:10-12</a> And he said to them: Go, eat fat meats, and drink sweet wine, and send portions to them that have not prepared for themselves: because it is the holy day of the Lord, and be not sad: for the joy of the Lord is our strength. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/100-1.htm">Psalm 100:1,2</a> A psalm of praise. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/147-1.htm">Psalm 147:1</a> Alleluia. Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_john/1-3.htm">1 John 1:3,4</a> That which we have seen and have heard, we declare unto you: that you also may have fellowship with us and our fellowship may be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. . . . </p><p class="hdg">the Levite</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Deuteronomy 12:19</a> Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/14-27.htm">Deuteronomy 14:27,29</a> And the Levite that is within thy gates, beware thou forsake him not, because he hath no other part in thy possession. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11,14</a> And thou shalt feast before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger and the fatherless, and the widow, who abide with you: in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may dwell there: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/18-6.htm">Deuteronomy 18:6</a> If a Levite go out of any one of the cities throughout all Israel, in which he dwelleth, and have a longing mind to come to the place which the Lord shall choose,</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/26-12.htm">Deuteronomy 26:12</a> When thou hast made an end of tithing all thy fruits, in the third year of tithes thou shalt give it to the Levite, and to the stranger, and to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled:</p><p class="hdg">forasmuch</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/10-9.htm">Deuteronomy 10:9</a> Wherefore Levi hath no part nor possession with his brethren: because the Lord himself is his possession, as the Lord thy God promised him.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/18-1.htm">Deuteronomy 18:1,2</a> The priests and Levites, and all that are of the same tribe, shall have no part nor inheritance with the rest of Israel, because they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord, and his oblations, . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../numbers/18-20.htm">Numbers 18:20,23,24,26</a> And the Lord said to Aaron: You shall possess nothing in their land, neither shall you have a portion among them: I am thy portion and inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../joshua/13-14.htm">Joshua 13:14,33</a> But to the tribe of Levi he gave no possession: but the sacrifices and victims of thee Lord God of Israel, are his inheritance, as he spoke to him. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../joshua/14-4.htm">Joshua 14:4</a> But in their place succeeded the children of Joseph divided into two tribes, of Manasses and Ephraim: neither did the Levites receive other portion of land, but cities to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed their beasts and flocks.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/deuteronomy/12.htm">One Place for Worship</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>In the place, which the Lord your God shall choose, that his name may be therein. Thither shall you bring all the things that I command you, holocausts, and victims, and tithes, and the firstfruits of your hands: and whatsoever is the choicest in the gifts which you shall vow to the Lord. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl">There shall you feast before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite that dwelleth in your cities. For he hath no other part and possession among you.</span><span class="reftext">13</span>Beware lest thou offer thy holocausts in every place that thou shalt see:…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/13-8.htm">John 13:8</a></span><br />Peter saith to him: Thou shalt never wash my feet, Jesus answered him: If I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../acts/8-21.htm">Acts 8:21</a></span><br />Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter. For thy heart is not right in the sight of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../numbers/18-20.htm">Numbers 18:20</a></span><br />And the Lord said to Aaron: You shall possess nothing in their land, neither shall you have a portion among them: I am thy portion and inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/10-9.htm">Deuteronomy 10:9</a></span><br />Wherefore Levi hath no part nor possession with his brethren: because the Lord himself is his possession, as the Lord thy God promised him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/12-7.htm">Deuteronomy 12:7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/12-18.htm">Deuteronomy 12:18</a></span><br />But thou shalt eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and maidservant, and the Levite that dwelleth in thy cities: and thou shalt rejoice and be refreshed before the Lord thy God in all things, whereunto thou shalt put thy hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Deuteronomy 12:19</a></span><br />Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/14-27.htm">Deuteronomy 14:27</a></span><br />And the Levite that is within thy gates, beware thou forsake him not, because he hath no other part in thy possession.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29</a></span><br />And the Levite that hath no other part nor possession with thee, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come and shall eat and be filled: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands that thou shalt do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11</a></span><br />And thou shalt feast before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger and the fatherless, and the widow, who abide with you: in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may dwell there:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/26-11.htm">Deuteronomy 26:11</a></span><br />And thou shalt feast in all the good things which the Lord thy God hath given thee, and thy house, thou and the Levite, and the stranger that is with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../nehemiah/8-9.htm">Nehemiah 8:9</a></span><br />And Nehemiah (he is Athersatha) and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites who interpreted to all the people, said: This is a holy day to the Lord our God: do not mourn, nor weep: for all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/100-2.htm">Psalm 100:2</a></span><br />Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: serve ye the Lord with gladness. 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