Deuteronomy 12:13-28

13Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;

14but in the place which Jehovah will choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

15Nevertheless, according to all the desire of thy soul thou mayest slay and eat flesh in all thy gates, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy 1God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and the hart.

16Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

17Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy kine or of thy sheep, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy voluntary-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;

18but before Jehovah thy 2God shalt thou eat them in the place which Jehovah thy 3God will choose, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy 4God in all the business of thy hand.

19Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite all the days thou shalt be in thy land.

20When Jehovah thy 5God shall enlarge thy border, as he promised thee, and thou say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh, thou mayest eat flesh, according to all the desire of thy soul.

21If the place which Jehovah thy 6God will choose to set his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt slay of thy kine and of thy sheep which Jehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates according to all the desire of thy soul.

22Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean alike may eat of them.

23Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh;

24thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water:

25thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

26But thy hallowed things which thou hast, and what thou hast vowed, thou shalt take, and come to the place which Jehovah will choose;

27and thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Jehovah thy 7God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of Jehovah thy 8God, and the flesh shalt thou eat.

28Take heed to hear all these words which I command thee, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest what is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy 9God.