There you and your households shall eat before the Lord your God, and (A)rejoice in all [a]your undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 12:7 Lit the putting forth of your hand

11 and you shall (A)rejoice before the Lord your God, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and (B)the Levite who is in your [a]town, and (C)the stranger, the [b]orphan, and the widow who are in your midst, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His name.

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  1. Deuteronomy 16:11 Lit gates
  2. Deuteronomy 16:11 Or fatherless

12 I know that there is (A)nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime; 13 moreover, that every person who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—this is the (B)gift of God.

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18 Here is what I have seen to be (A)good and [a]fitting: to eat, to drink, and [b]enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he labors under the sun during the few [c]years of his life which God has given him; for this is his [d](B)reward. 19 Furthermore, as for every person to whom (C)God has given riches and wealth, He has also (D)given him the opportunity to [e]enjoy them and to receive his [f]reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the (E)gift of God. 20 For he will not often call to mind the [g]years of his life, because (F)God keeps [h]him busy with the joy of his heart.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Lit beautiful
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Lit see good
  3. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Or days
  4. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Or share
  5. Ecclesiastes 5:19 Lit eat from it
  6. Ecclesiastes 5:19 Or share
  7. Ecclesiastes 5:20 Or days
  8. Ecclesiastes 5:20 As in LXX

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