Deuteronomy 12:5-14

International Standard Version

⁵ Instead, you must seek to enter only the place that the Lord your God will choose among your tribes. There he will establish his name and live. ⁶ Bring your burnt offerings there, along with your sacrifices, your tithes, your hand-carried gifts, your offerings in fulfillment of promises, your freely-given offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. ⁷ Then you and your household will eat in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice with all the things you have made by your own effort^[a] and with which he^[b] blessed you.

⁸ “You must not act as we have been doing here today, where everyone acts as they see fit, ⁹ since you haven’t arrived yet to your allotted place^[c] that the Lord your God is about to give you. ¹⁰ But after you have crossed the Jordan River and settled in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and after you have received relief from the enemies around you and are living securely, ¹¹ then bring to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling place—where he will establish his name—everything that I’m commanding you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your hand-carried gifts, and all your best offerings in fulfillment of promises that you pledged to the Lord.

¹² “Rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the descendant of Levi who is in your city—because there is no territorial allotment^[d] for him as you have. ¹³ Be careful not to offer burnt offerings at any location you happen to see^{[e] 14} instead of at the place the Lord will choose in one of the tribal areas. There you may offer burnt offerings, and there you may do everything that I’m commanding you.”