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Deuteronomy 12:6 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 12 · verse 6
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:Deuteronomy 12:6 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 12:6 in context
4Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
5But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
6And 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:
7And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
8Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sacrificeszebachproperly, a slaughterH2077 →
- firstlingsbᵉkôwrâhthe firstling of man or beastH1062 →
- offeringsʻôlâha step orH5930 →
- offeringstᵉrûwmâha present , especially in sacrifice or as tributeH8641 →
- offeringsnᵉdâbâhproperly spontaneity, or spontaneousH5071 →
- tithesmaʻăsêra tenthH4643 →
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There is not any one particular precept (as I remember) in all the law of Moses so largely pressed and inculcated as this, by which they are all tied to bring their sacrifices to that one altar which was set up in the court of the tabernacle, and there to perform all the rituals of their religion;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-32