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the firstborn animals of your herds and flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />There you shall take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, your vowed offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You shall bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your vowed offerings, your voluntary offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the first-born of your herd and of your flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your votive (pledged, vowed) offerings, your freewill (voluntary) offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to bring there your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tenths and personal contributions, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to bring there your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tenths and personal contributions, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Bring him your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, one-tenth of your income, your contributions, the offerings you vow to bring, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />There you are to offer your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, the gifts that you promise to the LORD, your freewill offerings, and the first-born of your cattle and sheep. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Bring your burnt offerings there, along with your sacrifices, your tithes, your hand-carried gifts, your offerings in fulfillment of promises, your freely given offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and there you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the wave offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave-offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will-offerings, and the firstlings of your herds, and of your flocks:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock there. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and have brought in there your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the raised-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and hast brought in thither your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And bring there your burnt-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tenths, and the offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your voluntary gifts and the first-born of your cattle and your sheep.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And you shall offer in that place your holocausts and victims, the tithes and firstfruits of your hands and your vows and gifts, the firstborn of your herds and your sheep. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you shall offer, in that place, your holocausts and victims, the tithes and first-fruits of your hands, and your vows and gifts, the firstborn of the cattle and of the sheep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />bringing your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and personal contributions, your votive and voluntary offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />bringing there your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and your donations, your votive gifts, your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and flocks.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And thither you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tithes and your gift offerings of your hands and your vows and your freewill offerings and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And bring your burnt peace offerings there and your sacrifices and your tithes and the dedications of your hands and your vows and your offerings and the firstborn of your oxen and of your sheep:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall carry thither your whole-burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your first-fruits, and your vowed-offerings, and your freewill-offerings, and your offerings of thanksgiving, the first-born of your herds, and of your flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/12-6.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=3589" 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/12.htm">One Place for Worship</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>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. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām·māh (Adv:: 3fs) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">To that place</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wa·hă·ḇê·ṯem (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">you are to bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·lō·ṯê·ḵem (N-fpc:: 2mp) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">your burnt offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: wə·ziḇ·ḥê·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">and sacrifices,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4643.htm" title="4643: ma‘·śə·rō·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Tenth part, tithe. Or maasar; and feminine maasrah; from asar; a tenth; especially a tithe.">your tithes</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8641.htm" title="8641: tə·rū·maṯ (N-fsc) -- Contribution, offering (for sacred uses). Or trumah; from ruwm; a present, especially in sacrifice or as tribute.">and heave offerings,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yeḏ·ḵem (N-fsc:: 2mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/5088.htm" title="5088: wə·niḏ·rê·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A vow. Or neder; from nadar; a promise; also a thing promised.">your vow offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/5071.htm" title="5071: wə·niḏ·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 2mp) -- Voluntariness, freewill offering. From nadab; properly spontaneity, or spontaneous; also a spontaneous or abundant gift.">and freewill offerings,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1060.htm" title="1060: ū·ḇə·ḵō·rōṯ (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- First-born. From bakar; firstborn; hence, chief.">as well as the firstborn</a> <a href="/hebrew/1241.htm" title="1241: bə·qar·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- Cattle, herd, an ox. From baqar; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender; collectively, a herd.">of your herds</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: wə·ṣō·nə·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2mp) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">and flocks.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>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.…<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="/leviticus/17-8.htm">Leviticus 17:8-9</a></span><br />Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice / but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Numbers 18:11-13</a></span><br />And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it. / I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits. / The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-22.htm">Deuteronomy 14:22-23</a></span><br />You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields. / 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="/deuteronomy/26-2.htm">Deuteronomy 26:2-4</a></span><br />you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name, / to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.” / Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,<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/31-12.htm">2 Chronicles 31:12</a></span><br />And they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes, and dedicated gifts. Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-37.htm">Nehemiah 10:37-39</a></span><br />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. / A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God. / For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/66-13.htm">Psalm 66:13-15</a></span><br />I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You— / the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress. / I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a></span><br />I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-40.htm">Ezekiel 20:40</a></span><br />For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a></span><br />Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-23.htm">Matthew 5:23-24</a></span><br />So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a></span><br />Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20-24</a></span><br />Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.” / “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. / You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And thither you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks:</p><p class="hdg">your burnt</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/17-3.htm">Leviticus 17:3-9</a></b></br> What man soever <i>there be</i> of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth <i>it</i> out of the camp, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/20-40.htm">Ezekiel 20:40</a></b></br> For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.</p><p class="hdg">tithes</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Deuteronomy 12:17</a></b></br> Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/14-22.htm">Deuteronomy 14:22-26</a></b></br> Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/15-19.htm">Deuteronomy 15:19,20</a></b></br> All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/9-21.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/numbers/10-10.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/numbers/5-9.htm">Contribution</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/numbers/31-41.htm">Heave</a> <a href="/numbers/31-52.htm">Heave-Offering</a> <a href="/numbers/18-19.htm">Heave-Offerings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-13.htm">Herd</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-13.htm">Herds</a> <a href="/exodus/35-5.htm">Impulse</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-13.htm">Kine</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-14.htm">Lifted</a> <a 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</span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-4.htm">The place of God's service to be kept</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Blood is forbidden</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Holy things must be eaten in the holy place</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">The Levite is not to be forsaken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Blood is again forbidden</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">and holy things must be eaten in the holy place</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-29.htm">Idolatry is not to be enquired after</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/12.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/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the centralization of worship in a designated place chosen by God, which would later be identified as Jerusalem. The centralization was intended to unify the Israelites in their worship practices and prevent idolatry. Burnt offerings and sacrifices were integral to the covenant relationship between God and Israel, symbolizing atonement and dedication. The concept of a specific place for worship foreshadows the coming of Christ, who becomes the ultimate sacrifice and the focal point of worship for believers.<p><b>your tithes and heave offerings</b><br>Tithes were a tenth of one's produce or income, given to support the Levites and the work of the tabernacle, later the temple. Heave offerings were portions of sacrifices lifted up as an offering to God, often given to the priests. These practices highlight the importance of supporting religious leaders and the community's spiritual life. The principle of tithing is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are encouraged to give generously and support the ministry (<a href="/2_corinthians/9-7.htm">2 Corinthians 9:7</a>).<p><b>your vow offerings and freewill offerings</b><br>Vow offerings were made in fulfillment of a vow to God, often in gratitude or in seeking divine favor. Freewill offerings were voluntary, given out of devotion rather than obligation. These offerings reflect a heart of worship and gratitude, emphasizing the personal relationship between the worshiper and God. The voluntary nature of these offerings points to the New Testament teaching of giving from the heart, not under compulsion (<a href="/2_corinthians/9-7.htm">2 Corinthians 9:7</a>).<p><b>as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks</b><br>The offering of the firstborn was a reminder of God's deliverance of Israel from Egypt, where the firstborn of the Egyptians were struck down. It symbolized the dedication of the best and first to God, acknowledging His sovereignty and provision. This practice prefigures Christ as the "firstborn over all creation" (<a href="/colossians/1-15.htm">Colossians 1:15</a>) and the "firstborn from the dead" (<a href="/revelation/1-5.htm">Revelation 1:5</a>), who is offered for the redemption of humanity.<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/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving instructions on worship and offerings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, where these instructions are to be carried out.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle/temple.htm">Tabernacle/Temple</a></b><br>The central place of worship where the Israelites are to bring their offerings.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/o/offerings_and_sacrifices.htm">Offerings and Sacrifices</a></b><br>Various types of offerings mentioned, including burnt offerings, tithes, and freewill offerings, which are acts of worship and obedience to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/centralized_worship.htm">Centralized Worship</a></b><br>God desires a specific place for worship, symbolizing unity and order in the community of believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/diverse_offerings.htm">Diverse Offerings</a></b><br>The variety of offerings reflects the comprehensive nature of worship, involving different aspects of life and devotion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart_of_obedience.htm">Heart of Obedience</a></b><br>True worship is not just about ritual but involves a heart committed to obeying God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generosity_and_sacrifice.htm">Generosity and Sacrifice</a></b><br>Giving to God should be generous and sacrificial, reflecting gratitude and trust in His provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_fulfillment.htm">Christ as Fulfillment</a></b><br>The Old Testament sacrificial system points to Jesus Christ, the ultimate sacrifice, calling believers to live in the light of His completed work.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_num._18_15-19_and_deut._differ.htm">Why does Numbers 18:15–19 differ in certain details from parallel instructions in Deuteronomy regarding firstborn offerings, and how can these discrepancies be reconciled? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_i_do_what_i_don't_want_to.htm">What does 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_god_order_human_sacrifice.htm">Did God command human sacrifice? (Genesis 22:2 vs. Deuteronomy 12:31)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_jephthah's_act_condemned.htm">Judges 11:34-39: If Jephthah's daughter was actually sacrificed, why is there no explicit condemnation of this act elsewhere in Scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">And thither ye shall bring . . . your tithes</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>what the Jews understand as the "second tithe;" on which see <a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm" title="You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your corn, or of your wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herds or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your freewill offerings, or heave offering of your hand:">Deuteronomy 12:17</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - To the appointed place all their sacrificial gifts and offerings were to be brought, and there they were to keep their holy feasts. The gifts are classified in groups. <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> <span class="cmt_word">Burnt offerings and sacrifices,</span> the two principal kinds of altar offerings, with which meal offerings and drink offerings were united (<a href="/numbers/15-4.htm">Numbers 15:4</a>, etc.). <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> <span class="cmt_word">Tithes and heave offerings</span> (cf. <a href="/leviticus/27-30.htm">Leviticus 27:30-33</a>; <a href="/numbers/18-21.htm">Numbers 18:21-24</a>). The heave offerings are described as <span class="cmt_word">of your hand</span>, either because offered by the offerer's own hand, or to indicate such gifts as were made off-hand (so to speak), voluntary offerings made in addition to the legal offerings from an immediate impulse of grateful emotion. <p><span class="Text_Heading">3.</span> <span class="cmt_word">Vows and freewill offerings</span>, sacrifices which were offered in consequence of vows or of spontaneous impulse (cf. <a href="/leviticus/7-16.htm">Leviticus 7:16</a>; <a href="/leviticus/22-21.htm">Leviticus 22:21</a>; <a href="/leviticus/23-38.htm">Leviticus 23:38</a>; <a href="/numbers/15-3.htm">Numbers 15:3</a>; <a href="/numbers/29-39.htm">Numbers 29:39</a>). . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/12-6.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">To that place</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֗מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(šām·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are to bring</span><br /><span class="heb">וַהֲבֵאתֶ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(wa·hă·ḇê·ṯem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your burnt offerings</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹלֹֽתֵיכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·lō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whole burnt offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sacrifices,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ziḇ·ḥê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your tithes</span><br /><span class="heb">מַעְשְׂרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(ma‘·śə·rō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4643.htm">Strong's 4643: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tenth part, tithe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and heave offerings,</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּרוּמַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(tə·rū·maṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8641.htm">Strong's 8641: </a> </span><span class="str2">Contribution, offering (for sacred uses)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your vow offerings</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִדְרֵיכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niḏ·rê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5088.htm">Strong's 5088: </a> </span><span class="str2">A promise, a thing promised</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and freewill offerings,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִדְבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niḏ·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5071.htm">Strong's 5071: </a> </span><span class="str2">Spontaneity, spontaneous, a spontaneous, abundant gift</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as well as the firstborn</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְכֹרֹ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ḵō·rōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1062.htm">Strong's 1062: </a> </span><span class="str2">The firstling of man, beast, primogeniture</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your herds</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקַרְכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qar·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1241.htm">Strong's 1241: </a> </span><span class="str2">Beef cattle, ox, a herd</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and flocks.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְצֹאנְכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣō·nə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 12:6 And there you shall bring your burnt (Deut. 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