Deuteronomy 12:5 introduces 'the place the LORD will choose' — the same sanctuary referenced here as too far away.

Deuteronomy 12:11 repeats the formula for the chosen place — reinforcing the location that is too distant in this verse.

Deuteronomy 12:15 gives the same permission to slaughter meat at home, reiterating the rule expanded here.

Deuteronomy 14:23 commands eating tithes at the chosen place, contrasting with 12:21's permission to eat at home when far.

Deuteronomy 14:24 gives the same condition — 'if the place is too far' — for a different offering, showing the same principle.

Deuteronomy 16:6 requires the Passover sacrifice at the chosen place, contrasting with the permission here to slaughter for food away from it.

Deuteronomy 16:11 commands rejoicing at the chosen place during festivals, opposing the allowance here to eat meat at home.

Deuteronomy 15:22 applies the same home-slaughter rule to blemished firstborn animals, paralleling this general permission.

Deuteronomy 14:26 allows eating tithe food at the sanctuary, contrasting with this verse's permission to eat meat at home.

Deuteronomy 26:2 requires bringing firstfruits to the chosen place, while here slaughter for food is permitted at home—different obligations.

Ezra 6:12 echoes the phrase 'caused his name to dwell there,' linking the post-exilic temple to the same central place theology.

In 1 Kings 9:3, God confirms He has put His name on the temple, fulfilling the promise of a chosen place in Deuteronomy.

2 Chronicles 7:16 records God consecrating the temple as the place for His name, directly fulfilling the condition.

Exodus 20:24 allows altars wherever God remembers his name, but Deuteronomy 12:21 centralizes worship—contrasting earlier and later practice.