Deuteronomy 26:15
Good News Translation
Look down from your holy place in heaven and bless your people Israel; bless also the rich and fertile land that you have given us, as you promised our ancestors.'

New Revised Standard Version
Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the ground that you have given us, as you swore to our ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Contemporary English Version
Our LORD, look down from your temple in heaven and bless us and our land. You promised our ancestors that you would give us this land rich with milk and honey, and you have kept your promise.

New American Bible
Look down, then, from heaven, your holy abode, and bless your people Israel and the fields you have given us, as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Look from thy sanctuary, and thy high habitation of heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou didst swear to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Look from thy sanctuary, and thy high habitation of heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou didst swear to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Look down

Deuteronomy 26:7 And we cried to the Lord God of our fathers: who heard us, and looked down upon our affliction, and labour, and distress:

1 Kings 8:27,43 Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? for if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built? . . .

Psalm 102:19,20 Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth. . . .

Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 61:1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.

Isaiah 63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from thy holy habitation and the place of thy glory: where is thy zeal, and thy strength, the multitude of thy bowels, and of thy mercies? they have held back themselves from me.

Isaiah 66:1,2 Thus saith the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool: what is this house that you will build to me? and what is this place of my rest? . . .

Zechariah 2:13 Let all flesh be silent at the presence of the Lord: for he is risen up out of his holy habitation.

Matthew 6:9 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Acts 7:49 Heaven is my throne and the earth my footstool. What house will you build me (saith the Lord)? Or what is the place of my resting?

bless thy

Psalm 28:9 Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: and rule them and exalt them for ever.

Psalm 51:18 Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.

Psalm 90:17 And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.

Psalm 115:12-15 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron. . . .

Psalm 137:5,6 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. . . .

Jeremiah 31:23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: As yet shall they say this word in the land of Juda, and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring back their captivity: The Lord bless thee, the beauty of justice, the holy mountain.

as thou

Hebrews 6:13-18 For God making promises to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom he might swear, swore by himself, . . .

Context
Offering Firstfruits and Tithes
14I have not eaten of them in my mourning, nor separated them for any uncleanness, nor spent any thing of them in funerals. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God, and have done all things as thou hast commanded me. 15Look from thy sanctuary, and thy high habitation of heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou didst swear to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:9
And brought us into this place, and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 26:14
I have not eaten of them in my mourning, nor separated them for any uncleanness, nor spent any thing of them in funerals. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God, and have done all things as thou hast commanded me.

2 Chronicles 30:27
And the priests and the Levites rose up and blessed the people: and their voice was heard: and their prayer came to the holy dwelling place of heaven.

Psalm 68:5
Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place:

Psalm 80:14
Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard:

Psalm 102:19
Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.

Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven, and behold from thy holy habitation and the place of thy glory: where is thy zeal, and thy strength, the multitude of thy bowels, and of thy mercies? they have held back themselves from me.

Zechariah 2:13
Let all flesh be silent at the presence of the Lord: for he is risen up out of his holy habitation.

Deuteronomy 26:14
Top of Page
Top of Page