the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.

So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:

Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.

Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it.

He chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.

The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.

Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”

He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.

And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”

The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling against you by the Israelites.”

Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”

Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,

The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.

But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go;

Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name—there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the Lord.

Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

Instead, you are to eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns—and you are to rejoice before the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to.

But take your consecrated things and whatever you have vowed to give, and go to the place the Lord will choose.

Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always.

But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the Lord your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the Lord will choose to put his Name is so far away),

then exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose.

Each year you and your family are to eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose.

Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name.