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; ⁶ there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes^(C) and special gifts, what you have vowed^(D) to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.^{(E) 7} There, in the presence^(F) of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice^(G) in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

⁸ You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit,^{(H) 9} since you have not yet reached the resting place^(I) and the inheritance^(J) 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^(K) you as an inheritance, and he will give you rest^(L) 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^(M)—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.^{(N) 12} And there rejoice^(O) before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites^(P) from your towns who have no allotment or inheritance^(Q) of their own. ¹³ Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please.^{(R) 14} Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose^(S) in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

¹⁵ Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were gazelle or deer,^(T) according to the blessing the Lord your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it. ¹⁶ But you must not eat the blood;^(U) pour^(V) it out on the ground like water.^{(W) 17} You must not eat in your own towns the tithe^(X) of your grain and new wine and olive oil,^(Y) or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give,^(Z) or your freewill offerings or special gifts.^{(AA) 18} Instead, you are to eat^(AB) them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God will choose^(AC)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns—and you are to rejoice^(AD) before the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to. ¹⁹ Be careful not to neglect the Levites^(AE) as long as you live in your land.^(AF)

²⁰ When the Lord your God has enlarged your territory^(AG) as he promised^(AH) you, and you crave meat^(AI) and say, “I would like some meat,” then you may eat as much of it as you want. ²¹ If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put his Name^(AJ) is too far away from you, you may slaughter animals from the herds and flocks the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and in your own towns you may eat as much of them as you want.^(AK)