Deuteronomy 12:11

⁹ For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

¹⁰ When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,

then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.

¹² And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

¹³ Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
KJV: Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
WEB: then it shall happen that to the place which the LORD your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD.
ASV: then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto Jehovah.
DARBY: then there shall be a place which Jehovah your God will choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye shall vow to Jehovah.
BLB: and there will be the place where YHWH your⁺ God chooses for His Name to dwell in it there; there you⁺ shall bring all that I command you⁺—your⁺ burnt offerings, and your⁺ sacrifices, your⁺ tithes, and the contributions of your⁺ hands, and all your choice offerings that you⁺ vow to YHWH.

ÅB: da skal det sted som Herren deres Gud utvelger for å la sitt navn bo der, være det eneste sted hvorhen dere skal føre alt det jeg befaler dere: deres brennoffere og deres slaktoffere, deres tiender og deres henders gaver og alle deres utvalgte offer som dere lover Herren.
OTB: da skal dere til det stedet Herren deres Gud vil velge for å la sitt navn bo, bringe alt jeg befaler dere: deres brennoffer, slaktoffer, tiender, spesielle gaver og alle deres utvalgte lovede offer til Herren.
B1930: da skal det sted som Herren eders Gud utvelger for å la sitt navn bo der, være det eneste sted hvorhen I skal føre alt det jeg byder eder: eders brennoffere og eders slaktoffere, eders tiender og eders henders gaver og alle eders utvalgte offer som I lover Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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Deuteronomy 15:20
Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.
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Deuteronomy 12:5
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
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Deuteronomy 16:2–8
You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.
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Deuteronomy 18:6
Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
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Deuteronomy 17:8
If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
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John 4:20–23
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
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Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
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Deuteronomy 12:26
But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.
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