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Deuteronomy 12:15–16

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15“aHowever, you may sacrifice and eat meat within any of your gates, 1whatever you desire, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of bthe gazelle and the deer.

16“aOnly you shall not eat the blood; byou are to pour it out on the ground like water.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit in every desire of your soul

Cross references

  1. aDeut 12:20–23
  2. bDeut 12:22; 14:5; 15:22
  3. aGen 9:4; Lev 7:26; 17:10–12; 1 Sam 14:33f; Acts 15:20, 29
  4. bDeut 15:23

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your towns, as much as you desire, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and as of the deer. Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were gazelle or deer, according to the blessing the Lord your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it. But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your city gates, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you. Those who are clean or unclean may eat it, as they would a gazelle or deer, but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But you may butcher your animals and eat their meat in any town whenever you want. You may freely eat the animals with which the Lord your God blesses you. All of you, whether ceremonially clean or unclean, may eat that meat, just as you now eat gazelle and deer. But you must not consume the blood. You must pour it out on the ground like water.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“But whenever you desire you may slaughter, and you may eat meat according to the blessing of Yahweh your God that he has given to you in all of your towns; the unclean and the clean may eat it just as they would the gazelle and as the deer. Only the blood you must not eat, but on the ground you must pour it like water.

KJV 1900King James Version

Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.