They did not see what he did to you in the desert before you reached this place,

Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish,

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

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

his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

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

the one who was constantly going before you to find places for you to set up camp. He appeared by fire at night and cloud by day, to show you the way you ought to go.

You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, burn up their sacred Asherah poles, and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.

But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.

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

Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the Lord will choose.

you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the Lord your God chooses for himself.

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

You must then do as they have determined at that place the Lord chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.

Then he brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

When you came to this place King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to make war and we defeated them.

and in the desert, where you saw him carrying you along like a man carries his son. This he did everywhere you went until you came to this very place.”

Remember – don’t ever forget – how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him.

Every place you set your foot will be yours; your border will extend from the desert to Lebanon and from the River (that is, the Euphrates) as far as the Mediterranean Sea.

You must by all means destroy all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods – on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree.