Deuteronomy 12:26

Contemporary English Version

All sacrifices and offerings to the Lord must be taken to the place where he chooses to be worshiped. If you offer a sacrifice to please the Lord , all of its meat must be burned on the altar. You can eat the meat from certain kinds of sacrifices, but you must always pour out the animal's blood on the altar.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“But you are to take the holy offerings you have and your vow offerings and go to the place the Lord chooses.

Hebrew Names Version
Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which the LORD shall choose:

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:

Lexham English Bible
Only your holy objects that are yours and your votive gifts you must carry and you must bring to the place that Yahweh will choose.

English Standard Version
But the holy things that are due from you, and your vow offerings, you shall take, and you shall go to the place that the Lord will choose,

New Century Version
Take your holy things and the things you have promised to give, and go to the place the Lord will choose.

New English Translation
Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the Lord will choose.

Amplified Bible
"However, you shall take your holy things which you have [to offer] and your votive (pledged, vowed) offerings, you shall take them and go to the place which the LORD will choose.

New American Standard Bible
"Only your holy things which you may have and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD chooses.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But thine holy things which thou hast, and thy vowes thou shalt take vp, and come vnto the place which the Lord shall chuse.

Legacy Standard Bible
Only your holy things which you may have and your votive offerings, you shall take and go to the place which Yahweh chooses.

Complete Jewish Bible
Only the things set aside for God which you have, and the vows you have vowed to make, you must take and go to the place which Adonai will choose.

Darby Translation
But thy hallowed things which thou hast, and what thou hast vowed, thou shalt take, and come to the place which Jehovah will choose;

Easy-to-Read Version
"If you decide to give something special to God, you must go to the special place that the Lord your God will choose. And if you make a special promise, you must go to that place to give that gift to God.

George Lamsa Translation
Only the holy things which you have, and your votive offerings you shall take and go to the place which the LORD shall choose;

Good News Translation
Take to the one place of worship your offerings and the gifts that you have promised the Lord .

Literal Translation
Only, your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take up and shall go to the place which Jehovah shall choose.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But whan thou halowest oughte that is thine, or makest a vowe, thou shalt take it, and brynge it vnto the place, that the LORDE hath chosen,

American Standard Version
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which Jehovah shall choose;

Bible in Basic English
But the holy things which you have, and the offerings of your oaths, you are to take to the place which will be marked out by the Lord:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But thy holy thynges whiche thou hast, and thy vowes, thou shalt take, and come vnto the place whiche the Lorde hath chosen.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose;

King James Version (1611)
Onely thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vowes, thou shalt take, and goe vnto the place which the Lord shall chuse.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But thou shalt take thy holy things, if thou hast any, and thy vowed-offerings, and come to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name named upon it.

English Revised Version
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:

Berean Standard Bible
But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli thou schalt take that that thou `auowidist, and halewidist to the Lord, and thou schalt come to the place which the Lord chees;

Young's Literal Translation
`Only, thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou dost take up, and hast gone in unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,

Update Bible Version
Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose:

Webster's Bible Translation
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go to the place which the LORD shall choose:

World English Bible
Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose:

New King James Version
Only the holy things which you have, and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD chooses.

New Living Translation
"Take your sacred gifts and your offerings given to fulfill a vow to the place the Lord chooses.

New Life Bible
Take your holy things which you may have and all the special gifts you promised to give to the place which the Lord chooses.

New Revised Standard
But the sacred donations that are due from you, and your votive gifts, you shall bring to the place that the Lord will choose.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Howbeit, thy holy things which thou shalt have and thy vow-offerings, shalt thou take and come in, unto the place which Yahweh shall choose;

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the things which thou hast sanctified and vowed to the Lord, thou shalt take, and shalt come to the place which the Lord shall choose:

Revised Standard Version
But the holy things which are due from you, and your votive offerings, you shall take, and you shall go to the place which the LORD will choose,

THE MESSAGE
And this: Lift high your Holy-Offerings and your Vow-Offerings and bring them to the place God designates. Sacrifice your Absolution-Offerings, the meat and blood, on the Altar of God , your God; pour out the blood of the Absolution-Offering on the Altar of God , your God; then you can go ahead and eat the meat.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Only your holy things which you may have and your votive offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD chooses.

Contextual Overview

⁵Soon you will cross the Jordan, and the Lord will help you conquer your enemies and let you live in peace, there in the land he has given you. But after you are settled, life will be different. You must not offer sacrifices just anywhere you want to. Instead, the Lord will choose a place somewhere in Israel where you must go to worship him. All of your sacrifices and offerings must be taken there, including sacrifices to please the Lord and any gift you promise or voluntarily give him. That's where you must also take one tenth of your grain, wine, and olive oil, as well as the first-born of your cattle, sheep, and goats. You and your family and servants will eat your gifts and sacrifices and celebrate there at the place of worship, because the Lord your God has made you successful in everything you have done. And since Levites will not have any land of their own, you must ask some of them to come along and celebrate with you. Sometimes you may want to kill an animal for food and not as a sacrifice. If the Lord has blessed you and given you enough cows or sheep or goats, then you can butcher one of them where you live. You can eat it just like the meat from a deer or gazelle that you kill when you go hunting. And even those people who are unclean and unfit for worship can have some of the meat. But you must not eat the blood of any animal—let the blood drain out on the ground. ²⁰The Lord has promised that later on he will give Israel more land, and some of you may not be able to travel all the way from your homes to the place of worship each time you are hungry for meat. But the Lord will give you cattle, sheep, and goats, and you can butcher any of those animals at home and eat as much as you want. ²² It is the same as eating the meat from a deer or a gazelle that you kill when you go hunting. And in this way, anyone who is unclean and unfit for worship can have some of the meat. ²³But don't eat the blood. It is the life of the animal, so let it drain out on the ground before you eat the meat. ²⁵ Do you want the Lord to make you successful? Do you want your children to be successful even after you are gone? Then do what pleases the Lord and don't eat blood. ²⁶All sacrifices and offerings to the Lord must be taken to the place where he chooses to be worshiped. If you offer a sacrifice to please the Lord , all of its meat must be burned on the altar. You can eat the meat from certain kinds of sacrifices, but you must always pour out the animal's blood on the altar. ²⁸ If you obey these laws, you will be doing what the Lord your God says is right and good. Then he will help you and your descendants be successful. ²⁹ Moses said: Israel, as you go into the land and attack the nations that are there, the Lord will get rid of them, and you can have their land. ³⁰ But that's when you must be especially careful not to ask, "How did those nations worship their gods? Shouldn't we worship the Lord in the same way?" ³¹ No, you should not! The Lord hates the disgusting way those nations worship their gods, because they even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

holy: Deuteronomy 12:6, Deuteronomy 12:11, Deuteronomy 12:18, Numbers 5:9, Numbers 5:10, Numbers 18:19

thy vows: Genesis 28:20, Leviticus 22:18-33, 1 Samuel 1:21-24, Psalms 66:13-15

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:15 - in the Leviticus 7:16 - be a vow Leviticus 17:3 - that killeth an Deuteronomy 16:2 - in the place which Joshua 22:27 - that we 2 Chronicles 2:6 - save only 2 Chronicles 32:12 - Ye shall worship

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Only thy holy things which thou hast,.... Which the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan interpret of the tithe of their holy things, and Aben Ezra of their burnt offerings and peace offerings; they seem to include all in Deuteronomy 12:17

and thy vows thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose; so often referred to, but not named; see Deuteronomy 12:5.