Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:7
And 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.
An injunction that the feasts which accompanied certain offerings (not specified) were to be also held in the same place.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
There; not in the most holy place, wherein only the priests might eat, Num 18:10, but more generally in places allowed to the people for this end in the holy city.
Ye shall eat, to wit, your part of the things mentioned Deu 12:6.
Before the Lord, i.e. in the place of Gods presence, where Gods sanctuary shall be.
All that ye put your hand unto; either to bestow your pains and labour upon it; or, to take and use or enjoy it. The sense is, You thus doing shall be blessed and enabled to rejoice, or to take comfort in all your labours and enjoyments, which otherwise would be accursed to you. We have the same phrase below, Deu 12:18; 15:10.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
7. there ye shall eat before theLordof the things mentioned (De12:6); but of course, none of the parts assigned to the priestsbefore the Lordin the place where the sanctuary should beestablished, and in those parts of the Holy City which the peoplewere at liberty to frequent and inhabit.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God,…. The priests and the Levites, what was their portion, so Aben Ezra; but the people also are included, and by what follows seem chiefly designed, who were to eat their part of the sacrifices, particularly of the tithes and peace offerings, in the holy place that should be chosen and appointed; see De 14:22
and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto; in all the labours of their hands, and what they got thereby, which they were cheerfully to enjoy, and express their thankfulness for it in this way; see Ec 5:18
ye and your households; their wives, sons, daughters, men and maid servants; yea, with them Levites, strangers, fatherless, and widows, were to partake of some of their freewill offerings, De 16:10
wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee; and these offerings were eucharistical, and by way of thanksgiving for the blessing of God upon their labours, for it is that which maketh rich, Pr 10:22.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
7 And there shall ye eat. We see that the sanctuary in which God manifested Himself is called His face; (105) for, although believers are taught that always, wherever they dwell, they walk before God; yet they placed themselves nearer, and in some special manner in His sight, when they approached His sanctuary. By this mode of speaking God also stimulates the laziness or tardiness of the people, lest it should be irksome to them to come to the Ark of the Covenant for the purpose of sacrificing, inasmuch as this inestimable benefit would compensate for the labor and expense of the journey. I have elsewhere shewn that, when men are said to feast before the Lord, sacred feasts are thus distinguished from our daily meals. For this was as it were an accessory to the sacrifices, to eat what remained of the victims; and in this way the guests were made partakers of the offering, which custom even heathen nations imitated, though improperly. Again, God kindly invites them when He says, “ye shall rejoice in all that thou puttest thine hands unto,” for which some translate it, “in everything to which you shall have sent your hand;” literally it is, “in the sending forth of the land.” There is no ambiguity in the sense, for it refers to those works which require the motion and application of the hands. A little below, where I have translated it, “which he hath blessed,” ( quibus benedixerit,) some insert the proposition in, and supply the pronoun you, ( i.e., in which he hath blessed you;) but it is quite appropriate to say, that God blesses their works, although it may be understood of their families also. As to the command that the tithes should be eaten in the holy place, I do not extend it to tithes in general, (106) for it was hardly probable that the food of those who were dispersed through various cities should be transferred to another place, so that they would perish (at home) (107) from hunger; but I understand it of the second tithes, which the Levites separated to be a special and peculiar oblation; for we shall see elsewhere that what remained over passed into the nature of ordinary produce, as if the Levites ate of the fruits of their own possessions.
(105) לפני , Heb.; in conspectu, Lat; before, A.V
(106) “ Ne s’estend pas en general a la nourriture des Levites;” does not extend generally to the maintenance of the Levites. — Fr.
(107) Added from Fr.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
7. And there ye shall eat That is, at this appointed place. The Israelites were accustomed to make these feasts of great importance. They were festal entertainments, not only for their families and friends, but also for Levites, widows, orphans, and strangers.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Deu 12:7 And 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.
Ver. 7. And there ye shall eat before the Lord. ] Lo, this ye shall have of God’s hand, as a recompense of all your charge and pains, ye shall feast before him with joy. This made those good souls go bodily on “from strength to strength”; though they took many a weary step, yet their comfort was, that they should “every one of them in Zion appear before the Lord.” Psa 84:7 This was the sweetmeats of that feast; other dainty dishes there might be, but this was the banquet.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
put your hand unto. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, hand used for all works done by it.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
And there: Deu 12:18, Deu 14:23, Deu 14:26, Deu 15:20, Isa 23:18
ye shall: Deu 12:12, Deu 12:18, Deu 16:11-15, Deu 26:11, Deu 27:7, Lev 23:40, Psa 128:1, Psa 128:2, Mal 2:13, Act 2:46, Phi 4:4
Reciprocal: Exo 18:12 – Aaron Exo 24:11 – did eat Lev 8:31 – Boil Lev 10:19 – should Deu 28:47 – General 1Sa 9:12 – sacrifice 1Ki 8:66 – joyful 1Ch 15:25 – with joy 1Ch 29:22 – eat and drink 2Ch 7:10 – glad 2Ch 30:21 – great gladness Ezr 6:16 – with joy Neh 8:9 – mourn not Psa 54:6 – freely Psa 149:2 – rejoice Pro 7:14 – I have peace offerings with me Ecc 3:22 – nothing Ecc 9:7 – eat Isa 62:9 – shall eat Eze 44:3 – to eat Joe 1:16 – joy Joe 2:26 – and praise Amo 4:5 – proclaim Zec 7:6 – did not ye eat for Zec 14:21 – every 1Co 10:31 – ye eat
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 12:7. There Not in the tabernacle or temple, where only the priests might eat the most holy things, (Num 18:10,) but in the court of the tabernacle, or in some place adjacent to the sanctuary. Ye shall eat Your part of the things mentioned Deu 12:6; before the Lord In the place of his peculiar presence, where his sanctuary shall be. And ye shall rejoice For God is to be served with delight and gladness, and his worship ought to be a source of consolation to us, and it will be such if we worship him in spirit and truth. In all that you put your hand unto In all your possessions and labours whatsoever, which shall otherwise be accursed to you.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
12:7 And there ye shall eat {e} 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.
(e) Where his Ark shall be.