Deuteronomy 12:16-18

New English Translation

¹⁶ However, you must not eat blood—pour it out on the ground like water. ¹⁷ You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings. ¹⁸ Only in the presence of the Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he^[a] chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites^[b] in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the Lord your God in all the output of your labor.^[c]