Deuteronomy 12:5-11 »You should seek Jehovah at the place Jehovah your God chooses out of all your tribes. This is where he will dwell and establish his name. This is where you should go.

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ »You should seek Jehovah at the place Jehovah your God chooses out of all your tribes. This is where he will dwell and establish his name. This is where you should go. ⁶ »There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, and the contribution of your hand, your vowed offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock. ⁷ »You and your households should eat there before Jehovah your God, and rejoice in all your undertakings that Jehovah your God has blessed. ⁸ »Do not behave the way we do here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes. ⁹ »For you have not as yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that Jehovah your God is giving you. ¹⁰ »When you cross the Jordan and live in the land Jehovah your God gives you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you so that you live in security. ¹¹ »It will happen in the place Jehovah choose for his name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I command you. Bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and all your choice vowed offerings that you will vow to Jehovah.