²³ Eat^(A) the tithe of your grain, new wine^(B) and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name,^(C) so that you may learn^(D) to revere^(E) the Lord your God always. ²⁴ But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the Lord your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the Lord will choose to put his Name is so far away), ²⁵ then exchange^(F) your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose.

²⁰ Each year you and your family are to eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose.^(A)

² Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name.^(A)

⁷ Roast^(A) it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents.

¹¹ And rejoice^(A) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name^(B)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites^(C) in your towns, and the foreigners,^(D) the fatherless and the widows living among you.^(E)

¹⁵ For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy^(A) will be complete.

¹⁶ Three times a year all your men must appear^(B) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread,^(C) the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles.^(D) No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed:^(E)

Law Courts

⁸ If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge^(A)—whether bloodshed, lawsuits or assaults^(B)—take them to the place the Lord your God will choose.^(C)

¹⁰ You must act according to the decisions they give you at the place the Lord will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you to do.

⁶ If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the Lord will choose,^(A)