Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 12:15 
ContextRegulations for Profane Slaughter
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.
Deuteronomy 23:18
Context23:18 You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute 3 or the wage of a male prostitute 4 into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.
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 Here the Hebrew term זוֹנָה (zonah) refers to a noncultic (i.e., “secular”) female prostitute; see note on the phrase “sacred prostitute” in v. 17.
4 tn Heb “of a dog.” This is the common Hebrew term for a noncultic (i.e., “secular”) male prostitute. See note on the phrase “sacred male prostitute” in v. 17.
