⁴ instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting^(A) to present it as an offering to the Lord in front of the tabernacle of the Lord^(B)—that person shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have shed blood and must be cut off from their people.^(C)

⁵⁴ Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting^(A) as a memorial^(B) for the Israelites before the Lord.

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^(A) and special gifts, what you have vowed^(B) to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.^(C)

¹¹ Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name^(A)—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.^{(B) 12} And there rejoice^(C) before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites^(D) from your towns who have no allotment or inheritance^(E) of their own. ¹³ Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please.^{(F) 14} Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose^(G) in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.