Deuteronomy 12:5-6
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5 But you shall seek (A)the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation[a] there. There you shall go, 6 and there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, (B)your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the (C)firstborn of your herd and of your flock.
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- Deuteronomy 12:5 Or name as its habitation
Deuteronomy 12:13-15
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13 (A)Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place that you see, 14 but at (B)the place that the Lord will choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I am commanding you.
15 “However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your towns, as much as you desire, (C)according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you. (D)The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and as of the deer.
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Deuteronomy 12:21
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21 If (A)the place that the Lord your God will choose to put his name there is too far from you, (B)then you may kill any of your herd or your flock, which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your towns whenever you desire.
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