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But only[a] to the place that Yahweh your God will choose from all of your tribes to place his name there as his dwelling shall you seek, and there you shall go. And you shall bring there your burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tithes and your donations[b] and your votive gifts and your freewill offerings and the firstling of your herd and your flock. And you shall eat there before[c] Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all your endeavors,[d] you and your family in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:5 Literally “But if”
  2. Deuteronomy 12:6 Literally “the contributions of your hand”
  3. Deuteronomy 12:7 Literally “before the faces of”
  4. Deuteronomy 12:7 Literally “in all of the sending of your hand”

But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name(A) there for his dwelling.(B) To that place you must go; there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes(C) and special gifts, what you have vowed(D) to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.(E) There, in the presence(F) of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice(G) in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

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