12:15 On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the Lord your God blesses you 1 in all your villages. 2 Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex.
12:20 When the Lord your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say, “I want to eat meat just as I please,” 3 you may do so as you wish. 4 12:21 If the place he 5 chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he 6 has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages 7 just as you wish.
1 tn Heb “only in all the desire of your soul you may sacrifice and eat flesh according to the blessing of the Lord your God which he has given to you.”
2 tn Heb “gates” (so KJV, NASB; likewise in vv. 17, 18).
3 tn Heb “for my soul desires to eat meat.”
4 tn Heb “according to all the desire of your soul you may eat meat.”
5 tn Heb “the
6 tn Heb “the
7 tn Heb “gates” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “in your own community.”