NET Bible
"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."
— Deuteronomy 12:5, NET Bible
“But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:”
“But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come; ”
“But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come;”
“But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it:”
“But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;”
“But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:”
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.
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.
You must not worship the LORD your God the way they worship.
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.
And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.
You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him,