Deuteronomy 12:18
12:18 Only in the presence of the Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he 1 chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites 2 in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the Lord your God in all the output of your labor. 3
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, 4 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 31:7
31:7 Then Moses called out to Joshua 5 in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the Lord promised to give their ancestors, 6 and you will enable them to inherit it.
1 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 12:5.
2 tn See note at Deut 12:12.
3 tn Heb “in all the sending forth of your hands.”
4 tn This refers to wine in the early stages of fermentation. In its later stages it becomes wine (יַיִן, yayin) in its mature sense.
5 tn The Hebrew text includes “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 20).