Deuteronomy 12:22

Deuteronomy 12:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
• New International Version (NIV)Eat them as you would gazelle or deer. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Just as the gazelle or the deer is eaten, so you may eat of it. The unclean and the clean alike may eat of it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them.

Context of Deuteronomy 12:22

20When the Lord your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say, “I want to eat meat just as I please,” you may do so as you wish. 21If the place he chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages just as you wish. Like you eat the gazelle or ibex, so you may eat these; the ritually impure and pure alike may eat them. 23However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself – you must not eat the life with the meat! 24You must not eat it! You must pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:22 word by word

אַ֗ךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יֵאָכֵ֤ל אֶֽת־הַצְּבִי֙ וְאֶת־הָ֣אַיָּ֔ל כֵּ֖ן תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּ הַטָּמֵא֙ וְהַטָּה֔וֹר יַחְדָּ֖ו יֹאכְלֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even as the roebuckצְבִיtsebîy · gazelleH6643
• and the hartאַיָּל'ayâl · deerH354
• is eatenאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• them: the uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• and the cleanטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
• them alikeיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 12:22

• Deuteronomy 12:15On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the Lord your God blesses you in all your villages. Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 12:22

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-32Verses 5-32 The command to bring ALL the sacrifices to the door of the tabernacle, was now explained with reference to the promised land. As to moral service, then, as now, men might pray and worship every where, as they did in their synagogues. The place which God would choose, is said to be the place where he would put his name. It was to be his habitation, where, as King of Israel, he would be found by all who reverently sought him. Now, under the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2822-28. Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them, &c.--Game when procured in the wilderness had not been required to be brought to the door of the tabernacle. The people were now to be as free in the killing of domestic cattle as of wild animals. The permission to hunt and use venison for food was doubtless a great boon to the Israelites, not only in the wilderness, but on their settlement in Canaan, as the mountainous ranges of…Read the comment

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• High place
• Lust
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• Roe
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Deer
• Exodus, the Book of
• Gazelle
• Genesis

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings