Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the LORD your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the LORD will choose to put his Name is so far away), New Living Translation “Now when the LORD your God blesses you with a good harvest, the place of worship he chooses for his name to be honored might be too far for you to bring the tithe. English Standard Version And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, when the LORD your God blesses you, because the place is too far from you, which the LORD your God chooses, to set his name there, Berean Standard Bible But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away, King James Bible And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: New King James Version But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, or if the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, when the LORD your God has blessed you, New American Standard Bible But if the distance is so great for you that you are not able to bring the tithe, since the place where the LORD your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you when the LORD your God blesses you, NASB 1995 “If the distance is so great for you that you are not able to bring the tithe, since the place where the LORD your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you when the LORD your God blesses you, NASB 1977 “And if the distance is so great for you that you are not able to bring the tithe, since the place where the LORD your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you when the LORD your God blesses you, Legacy Standard Bible And if the distance is so great for you that you are not able to bring the tithe, since the place where Yahweh your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you when Yahweh your God blesses you, Amplified Bible If the place where the LORD your God chooses to set His Name (Presence) is a great distance from you and you are not able to carry your tithe, because the LORD your God has blessed you [with such an abundance], Christian Standard Bible But if the distance is too great for you to carry it, since the place where the LORD your God chooses to put his name is too far away from you and since the LORD your God has blessed you, Holman Christian Standard Bible But if the distance is too great for you to carry it, since the place where Yahweh your God chooses to put His name is too far away from you and since the LORD your God has blessed you, American Standard Version And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if the journey is too much for you and you cannot take it, because the place that LORD JEHOVAH your God has chosen to camp his name there is too far from you, when LORD JEHOVAH your God blessed you: Brenton Septuagint Translation And if the journey be too far for thee, and thou art not able to bring them, because the place is far from thee which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called there, because the Lord thy God will bless thee; Contemporary English Version But suppose you can't carry that ten percent of your harvest to the place where the LORD chooses to be worshiped. If you live too far away, or if the LORD gives you a big harvest, Douay-Rheims Bible But when the way and the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, are far off, and he hath blessed thee, and thou canst not carry all these things thither, English Revised Version And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God shall bless thee: GOD'S WORD® Translation But the place the LORD your God will choose to put his name may be too far away. He may bless you with so much that you can't carry a tenth of your income that far. Good News Translation If the place of worship is too far from your home for you to carry there the tithe of the produce that the LORD has blessed you with, then do this: International Standard Version Now the way may be distant from you, so that you are unable to transport your tithe because you have been blessed by the LORD your God and the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish his name may be distant from you. JPS Tanakh 1917 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set His name there, when the LORD thy God shall bless thee; Literal Standard Version And when the way is too much for you, that you are not able to carry it—when the place is too far off from you which your God YHWH chooses to put His Name there, when your God YHWH blesses you— Majority Standard Bible But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away, New American Bible But if, when the LORD, your God, blesses you, the journey is too much for you and you are not able to bring your tithe, because the place which the LORD, your God, chooses to put his name is too far for you, NET Bible When he blesses you, if the place where he chooses to locate his name is distant, New Revised Standard Version But if, when the LORD your God has blessed you, the distance is so great that you are unable to transport it, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to set his name is too far away from you, New Heart English Bible If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which the LORD your God shall choose, to set his name there, when the LORD your God shall bless you; Webster's Bible Translation And if the way is too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place is too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: World English Bible If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it because the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to set his name there is too far from you, when Yahweh your God blesses you, Young's Literal Translation 'And when the way is too much for thee, that thou art not able to carry it -- when the place is too far off from thee which Jehovah thy God doth choose to put His name there, when Jehovah thy God doth bless thee; -- Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Giving Tithes…23And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. 24But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away, 25then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.… Cross References Deuteronomy 12:5 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. Deuteronomy 12:21 If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want. Deuteronomy 14:25 then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose. Treasury of Scripture And if the way be too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from you, which the LORD your God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD your God has blessed you: if the place Deuteronomy 11:24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. Deuteronomy 12:21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Exodus 23:31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. which Deuteronomy 12:5 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: Jump to Previous Able Bless Blessed Blesseth Carry Choose Chooses Distance Distant Tithe WayJump to Next Able Bless Blessed Blesseth Carry Choose Chooses Distance Distant Tithe WayDeuteronomy 14 1. God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning3. What may and may not be eaten 4. of animals 9. of fishes 11. of fowls 21. That which dies of itself may not be eaten 22. Tithes of Divine Service 23. Tithes and firstborns to be eaten before the Lord 28. The third year's tithe of alms and charity Verse 24. - In the land of Canaan, as the people would be dispersed over a wide tract, it might happen that the place which the Lord should choose was at such a distance from the usual residence of many that to observe this injunction would be to them very difficult, if not impossible. To meet this, therefore, it was enacted that the tithe might be commuted into money, and with this the things required for the sacrificial meals at the sanctuary might be purchased. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But ifוְכִֽי־ (wə·ḵî-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the distance הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ (had·de·reḵ) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action is too great יִרְבֶּ֨ה (yir·beh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great for מִמְּךָ֜ (mim·mə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of you to carry שְׂאֵתוֹ֒ (śə·’ê·ṯōw) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take that with which כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative has blessed you, יְבָרֶכְךָ֖ (yə·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse because כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the place הַמָּק֔וֹם (ham·mā·qō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition where אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative will choose יִבְחַר֙ (yiḇ·ḥar) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 977: To try, select to put לָשׂ֥וּם (lā·śūm) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set His Name שְׁמ֖וֹ (šə·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name is too far away, יִרְחַ֤ק (yir·ḥaq) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7368: To be or become far or distant Links Deuteronomy 14:24 NIVDeuteronomy 14:24 NLT Deuteronomy 14:24 ESV Deuteronomy 14:24 NASB Deuteronomy 14:24 KJV Deuteronomy 14:24 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 14:24 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 14:24 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 14:24 French Bible Deuteronomy 14:24 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 14:24 If the way is too long (Deut. 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