Deuteronomy 12:13-28

13“1Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in any cultic place that you see, 14but only in the place which the Lord chooses in one of your tribes: there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do everything that I command you.

15“2However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, 3whatever you desire, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as 4the gazelle and the deer. 165Only you shall not eat the blood; 6you are to pour it out on the ground like water. 177You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, new wine, or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your vowed offerings which you vow, or your 8voluntary offerings, or the 9contribution of your hand. 18But 10you shall eat them before the Lord your God in 11the place which the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the 12Levite who is within your gates; and you shall 13rejoice before the Lord your God in all 14your undertakings. 1915Be careful that you do not abandon the Levite 16as long as you live in your land.

20“When the Lord your God extends your border 17as He has 18promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because 19you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, 20whatever you desire. 21If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter animals from your herd and flock which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates 21whatever you desire. 22Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you may eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it. 23Only be sure 22not to eat the blood, for the blood is the 23life, and you shall not eat the 24life with the flesh. 24You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water. 25You shall not eat it, so that 25it may go well for you and your sons after you, since 26you will be doing what is right in the sight of the Lord. 2627Only your holy things which you may have and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the Lord chooses. 27And 28you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the Lord your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the Lord your God, and 29you shall eat the flesh.

28“Be careful and listen to all these words which I am commanding you, so that 30it may go well for you and your sons after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.