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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] 19 Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:18 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 12:5.
  2. Deuteronomy 12:18 tn See note at Deut 12:12.
  3. Deuteronomy 12:18 tn Heb “in all the sending forth of your hands.”