Holman Christian Standard Bible

Deuteronomy 12:13-17 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

13. Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in all the sacred places you see.

14. You must offer your burnt offerings only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribes, and there you must do everything I command you.

15. “But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you. Those who are clean or unclean may eat it, as they would a gazelle or deer,

16. but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

17. Within your gates you may not eat: the tenth of your grain, new wine, or oil; the firstborn of your herd or flock; any of your vow offerings that you pledge; your freewill offerings; or your personal contributions.