Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 12:26
But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, establishing the centralized worship protocol they must follow upon entering Canaan.
The words — רַק (rak) means "only," restricting action to a single course, and תִּשָּׂא (ti.Sa') means "you will take," commanding physical transport.
The thread — The command aligns with Numbers 5:9 and Numbers 18:19 regarding the handling of sacred contributions, and Genesis 28:20 which records the origin of vow offerings.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to physically carry designated holy items and vows to one divinely appointed location instead of managing them locally.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose:
Cross-references
- Numbers 5:9 Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him.
- Numbers 18:19 All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
- Genesis 28:20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
- Leviticus 22:18 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
- Deuteronomy 12:6 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.
- Deuteronomy 12:11 then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 12:17 Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.
- Deuteronomy 12:21 If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.
- 1 Samuel 1:21 Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
- Psalms 66:13 I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—