Deuteronomy 12:3-5

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³ Break down their altars, smash their pillars, burn their sacred poles^[a] with fire, and hew down the idols of their gods, and thus blot out their name from their places. ⁴ You shall not worship the Lord your God in such ways. ⁵ But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes as his habitation to put his name there. You shall go there,