Deu 12:5-21 | NASB2020 | STEP | But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose from all your tribes , to establish His name there for His dwelling , and you shall come there .

Deuteronomy 12:5-21

5 ^aBut you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and you shall come there. 6 You shall bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, ^byour tithes, the ^{▼▼Or uplifted offering}contribution of your hand, your vowed offerings, your ^{▼▼Or freewill offerings}voluntary offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock. 7 There you and your households shall eat before the Lord your God, and ^erejoice in all ^{▼▼Lit the putting forth of your hand}your undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

8 “You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, ^geveryone doing whatever is right in his own eyes; 9 for you have not as yet come to ^hthe resting place and the ⁱinheritance which the Lord your God is giving you. 10 When you cross the Jordan and live in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and ^jHe gives you rest from all your enemies around you so that you live in security, 11 ^kthen it shall come about that the place in which the Lord your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring everything that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the ^{▼▼Or uplifted offering}contribution of your hand, and all your choice vowed offerings which you will vow to the Lord. 12 And you shall ^mrejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the ⁿLevite who is within your gates, since ^ohe has no portion or inheritance with you.

13 “ ^pBe careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in any cultic place that you see, 14 but only in the place which the Lord chooses in one of your tribes: there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do everything that I command you.

15 “ ^qHowever, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, ^{▼▼Lit in every desire of your soul}whatever you desire, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as ^sthe gazelle and the deer. 16 ^tOnly you shall not eat the blood; ^uyou are to pour it out on the ground like water. 17 ^vYou 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 ^{▼▼Or freewill offerings}voluntary offerings, or the ^{▼▼Or uplifted offering}contribution of your hand. 18 But ^yyou shall eat them before the Lord your God in ^zthe place which the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the ^aaLevite who is within your gates; and you shall ^abrejoice before the Lord your God in all ^{▼▼Lit the putting forth of your hand}your undertakings. 19 ^adBe careful that you do not abandon the Levite ^{▼▼Lit all your days upon your land}as long as you live in your land.

20 “When the Lord your God extends your border ^afas He has ^{▼▼Lit spoken to}promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because ^{▼▼Lit your soul desires}you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, ^{▼▼Lit in every desire of your soul}whatever you desire. 21 If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter animals from your herd and flock which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates ^{▼▼Lit in every desire of your soul}whatever you desire.