Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

but unto the place which Jehovah your God will choose out of all your tribes to set his name there, his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;

New American Standard Bible

But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come.

King James Version

But 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:

Holman Bible

Instead, you must turn to the place Yahweh your God chooses from all your tribes to put His name for His dwelling and go there.

International Standard Version

Instead, you must seek to enter only the place that the LORD your God will choose among your tribes. There he will establish his name and live.

A Conservative Version

But to the place which LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation ye shall seek, and there thou shall come.

American Standard Version

But unto the place which Jehovah 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;

Amplified

But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to establish His Name there for His dwelling [place], and there you shall come [to worship Him].

Bible in Basic English

But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;

Julia Smith Translation

But the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, to his dwelling shall ye seek, and there do thou come:

King James 2000

But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his dwelling place shall you seek, and there you shall come:

Lexham Expanded Bible

{But only} to the place that Yahweh your God will choose from all [of] your tribes to place his name there as his dwelling shall you seek, and there you shall go.

Modern King James verseion

But you shall seek to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, even to His dwelling place you shall seek, and there you shall come.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

but ye shall enquire the place which the LORD your God shall have chosen out of all your tribes to put his name there and there to dwell.

NET Bible

But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.

New Heart English Bible

But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come;

The Emphasized Bible

but, unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, - as his habitation, shall ye ask your way, and come in thither;

Webster

But the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

World English Bible

But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come;

Youngs Literal Translation

but unto the place which Jehovah your God doth choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His tabernacle ye seek, and thou hast entered thither,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But unto the place
מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

which the Lord

Usage: 0

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

שׁבט 
Shebet 
Usage: 190

to put
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

שׁכן 
Sheken 
Usage: 1

shall ye seek
דּרשׁ 
Darash 
Usage: 164

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

4 Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God; 5 but unto the place which Jehovah your God will choose out of all your tribes to set his name there, his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come; 6 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 voluntary-offerings, and the firstlings of your kine and of your sheep;

Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:12

Then Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: I have heard thy prayer, and I have chosen for myself this place for a house of sacrifice.

Deuteronomy 12:11

then there shall be a place which Jehovah your God will choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye shall vow to Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 16:2

And thou shalt sacrifice the passover to Jehovah thy God, of the flock and of the herd, in the place which Jehovah will choose to cause his name to dwell there.

Deuteronomy 26:2

that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring of thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there;

Joshua 18:1

And the whole assembly of the children of Israel gathered together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.

1 Kings 8:29

that thine eyes may be open upon this house night and day, upon the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

Psalm 78:68

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;

Exodus 15:2

My strength and song is Jah, and he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will glorify him; My father's God, and I will extol him.

Exodus 25:22

And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

Numbers 7:89

And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Him, then he heard the voice speaking to him from off the mercy-seat which was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubim; and he spoke to Him.

Deuteronomy 12:13

Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;

Joshua 9:27

And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the assembly, and for the altar of Jehovah, to this day, in the place which he should choose.

1 Kings 8:16

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; but I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

1 Kings 8:20

And Jehovah has performed his word which he spoke; and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and I have built the house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

1 Kings 8:27

But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

1 Kings 14:21

And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there; and his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.

1 Chronicles 22:1

And David said, This is the house of Jehovah Elohim, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.

Psalm 87:2-3

Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob.

Psalm 132:13-14

For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling:

Isaiah 66:1-2

Thus saith Jehovah: The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what is the house that ye will build unto me? and what is the place of my rest?

John 4:20-22

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.

Acts 7:48-50

But the Most High dwells not in places made with hands; as says the prophet,

Ephesians 2:20-22

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,

Colossians 2:9

For in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily;

Hebrews 12:22

but ye have come to mount Zion; and to the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels,

Revelation 14:1

And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing upon mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written upon their foreheads.

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