Deuteronomy 12:5-18

Deuteronomy 12:5-18

[5] But unto the place  which the LORD  your God  shall choose  out of all your tribes  to put  his name  there, even unto his habitation  shall ye seek,  and thither thou shalt come:  [6] And thither ye shall bring  your burnt offerings,  and your sacrifices,  and your tithes,  and heave offerings  of your hand,  and your vows,  and your freewill offerings,  and the firstlings  of your herds  and of your flocks:  [7] And there ye shall eat  before  the LORD  your God,  and ye shall rejoice  in all that ye put  your hand  unto, ye and your households,  wherein the LORD  thy God  hath blessed  [8] Ye shall not do  here this day,  every man  whatsoever is right  in his own eyes.  [9] For ye are not as yet come  to the rest  and to the inheritance,  your God  giveth  you. [10] But when ye go over  Jordan,  and dwell  in the land  which the LORD  your God  giveth you to inherit,  and when he giveth you rest  from all your enemies  round about,  so that ye dwell  in safety;  [11] Then there shall be a place  which the LORD  your God  shall choose  to cause his name  to dwell  there; thither shall ye bring  all that I command  you; your burnt offerings,  and your sacrifices,  your tithes,  and the heave offering  of your hand,  and all your choice  vows  which ye vow  unto the LORD:  [12] And ye shall rejoice  before  the LORD  your God,  ye, and your sons,  and your daughters,  and your menservants,  and your maidservants,  and the Levite  that is within your gates;  forasmuch  as he hath no part  nor inheritance  with you. [13] Take heed  to thyself that thou offer  not thy burnt offerings  in every place  that thou seest:  [14] But in the place  which the LORD  shall choose  in one  of thy tribes,  there thou shalt offer  thy burnt offerings,  and there thou shalt do  all that I command  [15] Notwithstanding thou mayest kill  and eat  flesh  in all thy gates,  whatsoever thy soul  lusteth after,  according to the blessing  of the LORD  thy God  which he hath given  thee: the unclean  and the clean  may eat  thereof, as of the roebuck,  and as of the hart.  [16] Only ye shall not eat  the blood;  ye shall pour  it upon the earth  as water.  [17] Thou mayest  not eat  within thy gates  the tithe  of thy corn,  or of thy wine,  or of thy oil,  or the firstlings  of thy herds  or of thy flock,  nor any of thy vows  which thou vowest,  nor thy freewill offerings,  or heave offering  of thine hand:  [18] But thou must eat  them before  the LORD  thy God  in the place  which the LORD  thy God  shall choose,  thou, and thy son,  and thy daughter,  and thy manservant,  and thy maidservant,  and the Levite  that is within thy gates:  and thou shalt rejoice  before  the LORD  thy God  in all that thou puttest  thine hands  unto.