King James Version
Deuteronomy 12:26 in the King James Version says “Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:”
Deuteronomy 12:26 · KJV
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:
And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“which thou hast and thy vows”
H5088a promise (to god); also (concretely) a thing promised
“thou shalt take”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“unto the place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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