Deuteronomy 15:20

15:20 You and your household must eat them annually before the Lord your God in the place he ¹  chooses.

Deuteronomy 16:7

16:7 You must cook ²  and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses; you may return the next morning to your tents.

Deuteronomy 23:16

23:16 Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages ³  he prefers; you must not oppress him.

Deuteronomy 12:14

12:14 for you may do so ⁴  only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribal areas – there you may do everything I am commanding you. ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 16:2

16:2 You must sacrifice the Passover animal ⁶  (from the flock or the herd) to the Lord your God in the place where he ⁷  chooses to locate his name.

Deuteronomy 12:18

12:18 Only in the presence of the Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he ⁸  chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites ⁹  in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the Lord your God in all the output of your labor. ¹⁰ 

Deuteronomy 14:23

14:23 In the presence of the Lord your God you must eat from the tithe of your grain, your new wine, ¹¹  your olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the place he chooses to locate his name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always.

Deuteronomy 16:11

16:11 You shall rejoice before him ¹²  – you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, ¹³  the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you – in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.

Deuteronomy 16:15-16

16:15 You are to celebrate the festival seven days before the Lord your God in the place he ¹⁴  chooses, for he ¹⁵  will bless you in all your productivity and in whatever you do; ¹⁶  so you will indeed rejoice! 16:16 Three times a year all your males must appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Temporary Shelters; and they must not appear before him ¹⁷  empty-handed.

Deuteronomy 31:11

31:11 when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them ¹⁸  within their hearing.

[15:20]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord.” The translation uses a pronoun for stylistic reasons. See note on “he” in 15:4.

[16:7]  ² tn The rules that governed the Passover meal are found in Exod 12:1-51, and Deut 16:1-8. The word translated “cook” (בָּשַׁל, bashal) here is translated “boil” in other places (e.g. Exod 23:19, 1 Sam 2:13-15). This would seem to contradict Exod 12:9 where the Israelites are told not to eat the Passover sacrifice raw or boiled. However, 2 Chr 35:13 recounts the celebration of a Passover feast during the reign of Josiah, and explains that the people “cooked (בָּשַׁל, bashal) the Passover sacrifices over the open fire.” The use of בָּשַׁל (bashal) with “fire” (אֵשׁ, ’esh) suggests that the word could be used to speak of boiling or roasting.

[23:16]  ³ tn Heb “gates.”

[12:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “offer burnt offerings.” The expression “do so” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[12:14]  ⁵ sn This injunction to worship in a single and central sanctuary – one limited and appropriate to the thrice-annual festival celebrations (see Exod 23:14-17; 34:22-24; Lev 23:4-36; Deut 16:16-17) – marks a departure from previous times when worship was carried out at local shrines (cf. Gen 8:20; 12:7; 13:18; 22:9; 26:25; 35:1, 3, 7; Exod 17:15). Apart from the corporate worship of the whole theocratic community, however, worship at local altars would still be permitted as in the past (Deut 16:21; Judg 6:24-27; 13:19-20; 1 Sam 7:17; 10:5, 13; 2 Sam 24:18-25; 1 Kgs 18:30).

[16:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “sacrifice the Passover” (so NASB). The word “animal” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[16:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in the previous verse.

[12:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

[12:18]  ⁷ tn See note at Deut 12:12.

[12:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “in all the sending forth of your hands.”

[14:23]  ⁷ tn This refers to wine in the early stages of fermentation. In its later stages it becomes wine (יַיִן, yayin) in its mature sense.

[16:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[16:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “gates.”

[16:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[16:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[16:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in all the work of your hands” (so NASB, NIV); NAB, NRSV “in all your undertakings.”

[16:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[31:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “before all Israel.”