Deuteronomy 12:2-14

2You 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.

3You 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.

4You must not worship the Lord your God the way they worship.

5But 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.

6And 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.

7Both 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.

8You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him,

9for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the Lord your God is giving you.

10When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.

11Then you must come to the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you – your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.

12You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).

13Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish,

14for 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.