⁵ 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;

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.

¹³ that troublemakers^(A) have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods you have not known), ¹⁴ then you must inquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly.^(B) And if it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done among you,^{(C) 15} you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. You must destroy it completely,^[a](D) both its people and its livestock.^{(E) 16} You are to gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town^(F) and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God.^(G) That town is to remain a ruin^(H) forever, never to be rebuilt, ¹⁷ and none of the condemned things^[b] are to be found in your hands. Then the Lord will turn from his fierce anger,^(I) will show you mercy,^(J) and will have compassion^(K) on you. He will increase your numbers,^(L) as he promised^(M) on oath to your ancestors—