Deuteronomy 12:20

The Sanctity of Blood

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,” 1  you may do so as you wish. 2 

Deuteronomy 14:8

14:8 Also the pig is ritually impure to you; though it has divided hooves, 3  it does not chew the cud. You may not eat their meat or even touch their remains.

Deuteronomy 16:4

16:4 There must not be a scrap of yeast within your land 4  for seven days, nor can any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until the next morning. 5 

1 tn Heb “for my soul desires to eat meat.”

2 tn Heb “according to all the desire of your soul you may eat meat.”

3 tc The MT lacks (probably by haplography) the phrase וְשֹׁסַע שֶׁסַע פַּרְסָה (vÿshosa’ shesa’ parsah, “and is clovenfooted,” i.e., “has parted hooves”), a phrase found in the otherwise exact parallel in Lev 11:7. The LXX and Smr attest the longer reading here. The meaning is, however, clear without it.

4 tn Heb “leaven must not be seen among you in all your border.”

5 tn Heb “remain all night until the morning” (so KJV, ASV). This has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.