Deuteronomy 12
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Deuteronomy 12:15-22

15“1However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, 2whatever 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 3the gazelle and the deer. 164Only you shall not eat the blood; 5you are to pour it out on the ground like water. 176You 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 7voluntary offerings, or the 8contribution of your hand. 18But 9you shall eat them before the Lord your God in 10the place which the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the 11Levite who is within your gates; and you shall 12rejoice before the Lord your God in all 13your undertakings. 1914Be careful that you do not abandon the Levite 15as long as you live in your land.

20“When the Lord your God extends your border 16as He has 17promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because 18you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, 19whatever 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 20whatever 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.

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Notes

  1. 1. Deuteronomy 12:15 Deut 12:20-23 ↩
  2. 2. Deuteronomy 12:15 Lit in every desire of your soul ↩
  3. 3. Deuteronomy 12:15 Deut 12:22; 14:5; 15:22 ↩
  4. 4. Deuteronomy 12:16 Gen 9:4; Lev 7:26; 17:10-12; 1 Sam 14:33f; Acts 15:20, 29 ↩
  5. 5. Deuteronomy 12:16 Deut 15:23 ↩
  6. 6. Deuteronomy 12:17 Deut 12:26 ↩
  7. 7. Deuteronomy 12:17 Or freewill offerings ↩
  8. 8. Deuteronomy 12:17 Or uplifted offering ↩
  9. 9. Deuteronomy 12:18 Deut 14:23 ↩
  10. 10. Deuteronomy 12:18 Deut 12:5 ↩
  11. 11. Deuteronomy 12:18 Deut 12:12 ↩
  12. 12. Deuteronomy 12:18 Deut 12:7; Eccl 3:12f; 5:18-20 ↩
  13. 13. Deuteronomy 12:18 Lit the putting forth of your hand ↩
  14. 14. Deuteronomy 12:19 Deut 14:27 ↩
  15. 15. Deuteronomy 12:19 Lit all your days upon your land ↩
  16. 16. Deuteronomy 12:20 Gen 15:18; Deut 11:24; 19:8 ↩
  17. 17. Deuteronomy 12:20 Lit spoken to ↩
  18. 18. Deuteronomy 12:20 Lit your soul desires ↩
  19. 19. Deuteronomy 12:20 Lit in every desire of your soul ↩
  20. 20. Deuteronomy 12:21 Lit in every desire of your soul ↩

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 12

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