Deuteronomy 12
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Deuteronomy 12:16-23

16OnlyH7535 ye shall not eatH398 the bloodH1818; thou shalt pourH8210 it out upon the earthH776 as waterH4325. 17Thou mayest not eatH398 within thy gatesH8179 the titheH4643 of thy grainH1715, or of thy newH8492 wineH8492, or of thine oilH3323, or the firstlings of thy herdH1241 or of thy flockH6629, nor any of thy vowsH5088 which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy handH3027; 18but thou shalt eatH398 them before Jehovah thy GodH430 in the placeH4725 which Jehovah thy GodH430 shall chooseH977, thou, and thy sonH1121, and thy daughterH1323, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the LeviteH3881 that is within thy gatesH8179: and thou shalt rejoiceH8055 before Jehovah thy GodH430 in all that thou puttest thy handH3027 unto. 19TakeH8104 heedH8104 to thyself that thou forsakeH5800 not the LeviteH3881 as long as thou livest in thy landH127.

20When Jehovah thy GodH430 shall enlargeH7337 thy borderH1366, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt sayH559, I will eatH398 fleshH1320, because thy soulH5315 desireth to eatH398 fleshH1320; thou mayest eatH398 fleshH1320, after all the desireH5315 of thy soulH5315. 21If the placeH4725 which Jehovah thy GodH430 shall chooseH977, to putH5414 his nameH8034 there, be too farH7368 from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herdH1241 and of thy flockH6629, which Jehovah hath givenH5414 thee, as I have commandedH6680 thee; and thou mayest eatH398 within thy gatesH8179, after all the desireH5315 of thy soulH5315. 22Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eatenH398, soH3651 thou shalt eatH398 thereof: the uncleanH2931 and the cleanH2889 may eatH398 thereof alikeH3162. 23OnlyH7535 be sure that thou eatH398 not the bloodH1818: for the bloodH1818 is the lifeH5315; and thou shalt not eatH398 the lifeH5315 with the fleshH1320.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain