¹¹ Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name^(A)—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.^{(B) 12} And there rejoice^(C) before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites^(D) from your towns who have no allotment or inheritance^(E) of their own. ¹³ Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please.^{(F) 14} Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose^(G) in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

¹⁵ Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were gazelle or deer,^(H) according to the blessing the Lord your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it. ¹⁶ But you must not eat the blood;^(I) pour^(J) it out on the ground like water.^{(K) 17} You must not eat in your own towns the tithe^(L) of your grain and new wine and olive oil,^(M) or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give,^(N) or your freewill offerings or special gifts.^{(O) 18} Instead, you are to eat^(P) them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God will choose^(Q)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns—and you are to rejoice^(R) before the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to. ¹⁹ Be careful not to neglect the Levites^(S) as long as you live in your land.^(T)

Tithes

²² Be sure to set aside a tenth^(A) of all that your fields produce each year. ²³ Eat^(B) the tithe of your grain, new wine^(C) 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,^(D) so that you may learn^(E) to revere^(F) the Lord your God always. ²⁴ 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), ²⁵ then exchange^(G) your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose. ²⁶ Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink,^(H) or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice.^{(I) 27} And do not neglect the Levites^(J) living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.^(K)

¹¹ Then you and the Levites^(A) and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice^(B) in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.

¹² When you have finished setting aside a tenth^(C) of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe,^(D) you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. ¹³ Then say to the Lord your God: “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them.^(E)