But 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, and 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.

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  1. Deuteronomy 12:5 Or name as its habitation

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; 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)

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17 You may not eat within your towns (A)the tithe of your grain or of your wine or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, or any of your vow offerings that you vow, or your freewill offerings or the contribution that you present, 18 but (B)you shall eat them before the Lord your God in (C)the place that the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your towns. And (D)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in all that you undertake.

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17 You must not eat in your own towns the tithe(A) of your grain and new wine and olive oil,(B) or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give,(C) or your freewill offerings or special gifts.(D) 18 Instead, you are to eat(E) them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God will choose(F)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns—and you are to rejoice(G) before the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to.

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