Deuteronomy 12:5-14

English Standard Version

⁵But you shall seek ^(A)the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation^[a] there. There you shall go, ⁶and there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, ^(B)your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the ^(C)firstborn of your herd and of your flock. ⁷And ^(D)there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and ^(E)you shall rejoice, you and your households, in all that you undertake, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

⁸“You shall not do according to all that we are doing here today, ^(F)everyone doing whatever is right in his own eyes, ⁹for you have not as yet come to ^(G)the rest and to the inheritance that the Lord your God is giving you. ¹⁰But when ^(H)you go over the Jordan and live in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, ^(I)and when he gives you rest from all your enemies around, so that you live in safety, ¹¹then to ^(J)the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, ^(K)your tithes and the contribution that you present, and all your finest vow offerings that you vow to the Lord. ¹²And ^(L)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male servants and your female servants, and the Levite that is within your towns, since ^(M)he has no portion or inheritance with you. ¹³^(N)Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place that you see, ¹⁴but at ^(O)the place that the Lord will choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I am commanding you.