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But you shall seek
1the place that the LORD your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go,
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and there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices,
2your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the
3firstborn of your herd and of your flock.
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And
4there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and
5you shall rejoice, you and your households, in all that you undertake, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.
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"You shall not do according to all that we are doing here today,
6everyone doing whatever is right in his own eyes,
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for you have not as yet come to
7the rest and to the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
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But when
8you go over the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to inherit,
9and when he gives you rest from all your enemies around, so that you live in safety,
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then to
10the place that the LORD your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices,
11your tithes and the contribution that you present, and all your finest vow offerings that you vow to the LORD.
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And
12you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male servants and your female servants, and the Levite that is within your towns, since
13he has no portion or inheritance with you.
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14Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place that you see,
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but at
15the place that the LORD will choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I am commanding you.
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"However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your towns, as much as you desire,
16according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you.
17The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and as of the deer.