17 (A)You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, new wine, or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your vowed offerings which you vow, or your [a]voluntary offerings, or the [b]contribution of your hand. 18 But (B)you shall eat them before the Lord your God in (C)the place which the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the (D)Levite who is within your gates; and you shall (E)rejoice before the Lord your God in all [c]your undertakings.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:17 Or freewill offerings
  2. Deuteronomy 12:17 Or uplifted offering
  3. Deuteronomy 12:18 Lit the putting forth of your hand

17 You must not eat in your own towns the tithe(A) of your grain and new wine and olive oil,(B) or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give,(C) or your freewill offerings or special gifts.(D) 18 Instead, you are to eat(E) them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God will choose(F)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns—and you are to rejoice(G) before the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to.

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