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Deuteronomy 12:15

Regulations for Profane Slaughter

12:15 On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the Lord your God blesses you¹ in all your villages.² Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex.

Deuteronomy 12:20-21

Context

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,”³ you may do so as you wish.⁴ 12:21 If the place he⁵ chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he⁶ has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages⁷ just as you wish.

¹tn 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.”

²tn Heb “gates” (so KJV, NASB; likewise in vv. 17, 18).

³tn Heb “for my soul desires to eat meat.”

⁴tn Heb “according to all the desire of your soul you may eat meat.”

⁵tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

⁶tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

⁷tn Heb “gates” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “in your own community.”

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