Deuteronomy 16:17 “Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the bless…”

Deuteronomy 16:17

Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

World English Bible

Every man shall give as he is able, according to the LORD your God’s blessing which he has given you.

American Standard Version

every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

Euery man shall giue according to the gift of his hand, and according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath giuen thee.

Darby Translation

each [shall give] according to that which is in his power to give, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.

Young's Literal Translation

each according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God, which He hath given to thee.

Bible in Basic English

Every man is to give as he is able, in the measure of the blessing which the Lord your God has given you.

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Cross references

“as he is able”

2 Corinthians 8:12 Deuteronomy 16:10 Mark 12:41–44 Leviticus 27:8 Ezra 2:63 2 Corinthians 9:6

2 Corinthians 8:12 · BSB

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

Deuteronomy 16:10 · BSB

And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,

Mark 12:41–44 · BSB

As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.

Leviticus 27:8 · BSB

But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.

Ezra 2:63 · BSB

The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

2 Corinthians 9:6 · BSB

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

18You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

Read Deuteronomy 16