Deuteronomy 12:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your special gifts, what you have vowed to give, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַהֲבֵאתֶ֣ם שָׁ֗מָּה עֹלֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֵת֙ מַעְשְׂרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת תְּרוּמַ֣ת יֶדְכֶ֑ם וְנִדְרֵיכֶם֙ וְנִדְבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וּבְכֹרֹ֥ת בְּקַרְכֶ֖ם וְצֹאנְכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wa-hăḇêʾtem there ʿōlōtêḵɛm wə-ziḇḥêḵɛm and ʾēt maʿśərōtêḵɛm and ʾēt tərûmat yɛdḵɛm wə-nidrêḵɛm wə-nidḇōtêḵɛm and bəḵōrōt bəqarḵɛm wə-ṣōʾnḵɛm

Grammar Details

• *wa-hăḇêʾtem*: conjunction + hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall bring
• *ʿōlōtêḵɛm*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your burnt offerings
• *wə-ziḇḥêḵɛm*: conjunction + masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and your sacrifices
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *maʿśərōtêḵɛm*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your tithes
• *tərûmat*: feminine singular construct - contribution/offering of
• *yɛdḵɛm*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your hand
• *wə-nidrêḵɛm*: conjunction + masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and your vows
• *wə-nidḇōtêḵɛm*: conjunction + feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and your freewill offerings
• *bəḵōrōt*: feminine plural noun - firstborn
• *bəqarḵɛm*: masculine singular collective noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your cattle/herd
• *wə-ṣōʾnḵɛm*: conjunction + masculine singular collective noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and your flock

Word Meanings

• *hăḇêʾtem*: bring/bring in/carry in
• *ʿōlōtêḵɛm*: your burnt offerings/your whole burnt offerings
• *ziḇḥêḵɛm*: your sacrifices/your slaughter offerings
• *maʿśərōtêḵɛm*: your tithes/your tenth parts
• *tərûmat*: contribution/heave offering/offering
• *yɛdḵɛm*: your hand [idiom for what your hands produce]
• *nidrêḵɛm*: your vows/your vowed offerings
• *nidḇōtêḵɛm*: your freewill offerings/your voluntary offerings
• *bəḵōrōt*: firstborn/firstlings
• *bəqarḵɛm*: your cattle/your herd/your oxen
• *ṣōʾnḵɛm*: your flock/your sheep and goats

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contributions of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and thither ye shall bring{H935} your burnt-offerings,{H5930} and your sacrifices,{H2077} and your tithes,{H4643} and the heave-offering{H8641} of your hand,{H3027} and your vows,{H5088} and your freewill-offerings,{H5071} and the firstlings{H1062} of your herd{H1241} and of your flock:{H6629}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thither ye shall bring{H935}{(H8689)} your burnt offerings{H5930}, and your sacrifices{H2077}, and your tithes{H4643}, and heave offerings{H8641} of your hand{H3027}, and your vows{H5088}, and your freewill offerings{H5071}, and the firstlings{H1062} of your herds{H1241} and of your flocks{H6629}:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And thyther thou shalt come, and thyther ye shall brynge youre burntsacryfices and youre offerynges, youre tithes and heueofferynges off youre handes, youre vowes and frewillofferynges and thy fyrst borne off youre oxen and off youre shepe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and come thither, and thither shal ye brynge youre burntsacrifices, & youre other offerynges, and youre tithes and the Heueofferynges of youre handes, and youre vowes, and youre fre wyll offerynges, and the firstborne of youre oxen and shepe:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And ye shall bring thither your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the offring of your hands, and your vowes, and your free offrings, and the first borne of your kine and of your sheepe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thyther ye shal bryng your burnt sacrifices, your offeringes, your tithes, and heaue offeringes of your hande, your vowes, your freewyll offeringes, and the first borne of your kyne, and of your sheepe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and there you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and hast brought in thither your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And there you are to take your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up to the Lord, and the offerings of your oaths, and those which you give freely from the impulse of your hearts, and the first births among your herds and your flocks;

• World English Bible (2000)

  and there you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the wave offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 15:19-20 : 19 Consecrate every firstborn male of your herd and flock to the Lord your God. Do not work the firstborn of your oxen or shear the firstborn of your sheep. 20 Each year, you and your household shall eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place He will choose.
• Deut 26:2 : 2 you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land that the LORD your God is giving you, and put it in a basket. Then you shall go to the place that the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His name,
• Ezek 20:40 : 40 For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD, there the entire house of Israel, all of them in the land, will worship me. There I will accept them, and there I will require their contributions, their choice gifts, and all their holy offerings.
• Mal 3:8 : 8 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you ask, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.
• Mal 3:10 : 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord of Hosts, and see if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
• Luke 11:42 : 42 But woe to you Pharisees! For you give a tenth of mint, rue, and every herb, but you neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.
• Luke 18:12 : 12 'I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'
• Lev 17:3-9 : 3 Anyone from the house of Israel who sacrifices an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp, or outside the camp, 4 and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord before the sanctuary of the Lord shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have shed blood and must be cut off from their people. 5 This is so that the Israelites will bring the sacrifices they offer in the open fields to the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them as fellowship offerings to the Lord. 6 The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 7 They must no longer offer their sacrifices to goat-demons, after whom they have been unfaithful. This is to be a lasting ordinance for them and for their descendants. 8 Say to them: Anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice 9 and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the Lord must be cut off from their people.
• Lev 27:32-33 : 32 Every tithe of the herd or flock, every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod, will be holy to the LORD. 33 No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If anyone does substitute one animal for another, both the original animal and its substitute shall become holy and cannot be redeemed.
• Num 18:15-17 : 15 Every firstborn that opens the womb, of all flesh offered to the LORD, whether human or animal, shall belong to you. However, you must surely redeem the firstborn of humans and redeem the firstborn of unclean animals. 16 When they are a month old, you shall redeem them at your valuation, which is five shekels of silver, measured by the sanctuary shekel—twenty gerahs make a shekel. 17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
• Deut 12:17 : 17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, new wine, or oil, or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or any of your vowed offerings, freewill offerings, or special contributions.
• Deut 14:22-26 : 22 Be sure to set aside a tenth of all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year. 23 You shall eat the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He chooses for His name to dwell, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. 24 But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name is too far away, then when the LORD your God blesses you, 25 you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God chooses. 26 Then you may spend the money on whatever you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or whatever you wish. You shall eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.