⁸ You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit,^{(A) 9} since you have not yet reached the resting place^(B) and the inheritance^(C) the Lord your God is giving you. ¹⁰ But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land the Lord your God is giving^(D) you as an inheritance, and he will give you rest^(E) from all your enemies around you so that you will live in safety. ¹¹ Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name^(F)—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.^{(G) 12} And there rejoice^(H) before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites^(I) from your towns who have no allotment or inheritance^(J) of their own. ¹³ Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please.^{(K) 14} Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose^(L) in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

¹⁷ After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer^(A) and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom^(B) came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).^(C)

¹⁸ Then Melchizedek^(D) king of Salem^(E) brought out bread^(F) and wine.^(G) He was priest of God Most High,^{(H) 19} and he blessed Abram,^(I) saying,

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.^(M)

Solomon Builds the Temple^(A)

3 Then Solomon began to build^(B) the temple of the Lord^(C) in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah^[a](D) the Jebusite, the place provided by David.