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Deuteronomy 15:20 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" You shall eat it before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household. "
Deuteronomy 15:20
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
18 It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for he has been double the value of a hired hand as he served you six years. The LORD your God will bless you in all that you do.
19 You shall dedicate all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock to the LORD your God. You shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
20 You shall eat it before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household.
21 If it has any defect—is lame or blind, or has any defect whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
22 You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the deer.
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Deuteronomy 15:1
"At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts."
Deuteronomy 15:2
"This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not require payment from his neighbor and his brother, because the LORD’s release has been proclaimed."
Deuteronomy 15:3
"Of a foreigner you may require it; but whatever of yours is with your brother, your hand shall release."
Deuteronomy 15:4
"However there will be no poor with you (for the LORD will surely bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess)"
Deuteronomy 15:5
"if only you diligently listen to the LORD your God’s voice, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you today."
Deuteronomy 15:6
"For the LORD your God will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. You will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you."
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