King James Version
Deuteronomy 15:20 in the King James Version says “Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.”
Deuteronomy 15:20 · KJV
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
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.
Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“it before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“thy God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“in 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
“thou and thy household”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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