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16 Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water. 17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your free will offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand; 18 but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.

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16 But you must not eat the blood;(A) pour(B) it out on the ground like water.(C) 17 You must not eat in your own towns the tithe(D) of your grain and new wine and olive oil,(E) or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give,(F) or your freewill offerings or special gifts.(G) 18 Instead, you are to eat(H) them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God will choose(I)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns—and you are to rejoice(J) before the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to.

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