Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 12:5-7
Context12:5 But you must seek only the place he 1 chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, 2 and you must go there. 12:6 And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, 3 your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. 12:7 Both you and your families 4 must feast there before the Lord your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he 5 has blessed you.
Deuteronomy 12:17-18
Context12:17 You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings. 12:18 Only in the presence of the Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he 6 chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites 7 in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the Lord your God in all the output of your labor. 8
[12:5] 1 tn Heb “the
[12:5] 2 tc Some scholars, on the basis of v. 11, emend the MT reading שִׁכְנוֹ (shikhno, “his residence”) to the infinitive construct לְשָׁכֵן (lÿshakhen, “to make [his name] to dwell”), perhaps with the 3rd person masculine singular sf לְשַׁכְּנוֹ (lÿshakÿno, “to cause it to dwell”). Though the presupposed nounשֵׁכֶן (shekhen) is nowhere else attested, the parallel here with שַׁמָּה (shammah, “there”) favors retaining the MT as it stands.
[12:6] 3 tn Heb “heave offerings of your hand.”
[12:7] 4 tn Heb “and your houses,” referring to entire households. The pronouns “you” and “your” are plural in the Hebrew text.
[12:7] 5 tn Heb “the
[12:18] 6 tn Heb “the
[12:18] 7 tn See note at Deut 12:12.
