Deuteronomy 12:16-23

161Only you shall not eat the blood; 2you are to pour it out on the ground like water. 173You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your votive offerings which you vow, or your freewill offerings, or the 4contribution of your hand. 18But 5you shall eat them before the Lord your God in 6the place which the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female servants, and the 7Levite who is within your gates; and you shall 8rejoice before the Lord your God in all 9your undertakings. 1910Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite 11as long as you live in your land.

20“When the Lord your God extends your border 12as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because 13you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, 14whatever you desire. 21If the place which the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter of your herd and flock which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates 15whatever you desire. 22Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you will eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it. 23Only be sure 16not to eat the blood, for the blood is the 17life, and you shall not eat the 18life with the flesh.