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You shall not act like this toward the Lord your God. But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to establish His [a]Name there for His dwelling [place], and there you shall come [to worship Him]. There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your votive (pledged, vowed) offerings, your freewill (voluntary) offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:5 The “Name” of God is equivalent to His gracious presence in passages such as this one. The place where God puts His Name is the place where He chooses to dwell.

You must not worship the Lord your God in their way.(A) But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name(B) there for his dwelling.(C) To that place you must go; there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes(D) and special gifts, what you have vowed(E) to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.(F)

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