11 then Yahweh your God will choose the place to have His name dwell.(A) Bring there everything I command you: your burnt offerings, sacrifices, offerings of the tenth, personal contributions,[a] and all your choice offerings you vow to the Lord. 12 You will rejoice(B) before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.(C) 13 Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in all the sacred places you see.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:11 Lit tenth, the contributions from your hands

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)

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