Shēnméngjì 12:12

12 Nǐmen hé érnǚ , pú bì , bìng zhù zaì nǐmen chéng lǐ wú fēn wú yè de Lìwèi rén , dōu yào zaì Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén miànqián huānlè .

Shēnméngjì 12:12 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 12:12

And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God
In the place chosen and fixed, where a temple would be built for him, and he would take up his residence; eating with joy and gladness that part of the offerings which belonged to them, keeping as it were a feast before the Lord, in token of gratitude for what they had received from him:

ye and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your
maidservants;
which explains what is meant by their household, ( Deuteronomy 12:7 ) wives are not mentioned, because it could not be thought they would eat and rejoice, or keep such a feast, without them, and therefore needless to name them:

and the Levite that is within your gates;
such also were to partake of this entertainment, who were useful in instructing their families in the knowledge of divine things, and serviceable to them on many accounts in the worship of God:

forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you;
in the division of the land, and so having nothing to manure and cultivate, was destitute of the fruits of the earth, and could make no improvement and increase of his substance, as they could.

Shēnméngjì 12:12 In-Context

10 Dàn nǐmen guō le Yuēdànhé , déyǐ zhù zaì Yēhéhuá nǐmen shén shǐ nǐmen chéngshòu wéi yè zhī dì , yòu shǐ nǐmen taìpíng , bú beì sìwéi de yīqiè chóudí rǎoluàn , ānrán jūzhù .

11 Nàshí yào jiāng wǒ suǒ fēnfu nǐmen de Fánjì , píngān jì , shí fēn qǔ yī zhī wù , hé shǒu zhōng de jǔ jì , bìng xiàng Yēhéhuá xǔyuàn xiàn de yīqiè mĕi jì , dōu fèng dào Yēhéhuá nǐmen shén suǒ xuǎnzé yào lì wéi tā míng de jū suǒ .

12 Nǐmen hé érnǚ , pú bì , bìng zhù zaì nǐmen chéng lǐ wú fēn wú yè de Lìwèi rén , dōu yào zaì Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén miànqián huānlè .

13 Nǐ yào jǐnshèn , bùkĕ zaì nǐ suǒ kàn zhōng de gè chǔ xiàn Fánjì .

14 Wéidú Yēhéhuá cóng nǐ nà yī zhīpaì zhōng suǒ xuǎnzé de dìfang , nǐ jiù yào zaì nàli xiàn Fánjì , xíng wǒ yīqiè suǒ fēnfu nǐde .