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Deuteronomy 12:20-24

20When theLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֥יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallenlargeיַרְחִיב֩yar.ChivH7337thyborderגְּבֽוּלְךָ֮ge.vu.le.KhaH1366, as he hathpromisedדִּבֶּר־di.ber-H1696thee, and thou shaltsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֙ve.'a.mar.TaH559, I willeatאֹכְלָ֣ה'o.khe.LahH398fleshבָשָׂ֔רva.SarH1320,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588thysoulH5315desireth toeatלֶאֱכֹ֣לle.'e.KholH398fleshבָּשָׂ֑רba.SarH1320; thou mayesteatתֹּאכַ֥לto.KhalH398fleshבָּשָֽׂר׃ba.SarH1320,afterכִּֽי־ki-H3588allבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thedesireH5315of thysoulH5315.

21Ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588theplaceהַמָּק֗וֹםha.ma.KomH4725whichH834theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶיךָ֮'e.lo.hei.KhaH430shallchooseיִבְחַ֜רyiv.CharH977toputH5414hisnameשְׁמ֣וֹshe.MoH8034there betooH4480farיִרְחַ֨קyir.ChakH7368from thee, then thou shalt kill of thyherdמִבְּקָרְךָ֣mi.be.ka.re.ChaH1241and of thyflockוּמִצֹּֽאנְךָ֗u.mi.tzo.ne.KhaH6629,whichH834theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathgivenH5414thee, as I havecommandedצִוִּיתִ֑ךָtzi.vi.Ti.khaH6680thee, and thou shalteatוְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙ve.'a.khal.TaH398within thygatesבִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָbish.'a.Rei.khaH8179,afterH4480allבְּכֹ֖לbe.KholH3605thedesireH5315of thysoulH5315.

22EvenH3651as the gazelle and as the hart iseatenיֵאָכֵ֤לye.'a.KhelH398,soכֵּ֖ןkenH3651thou shalteatתֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּto.khe.Le.nuH398thereof: theuncleanהַטָּמֵא֙ha.ta.Me'H2931and thecleanוְהַטָּה֔וֹרve.ha.ta.HorH2889shalleatיֹאכְלֶֽנּוּ׃yo.khe.Le.nuH398thereofalikeיַחְדָּ֖וyach.DavH3162.

23Onlyרַ֣קrakH7535besureחֲזַ֗קcha.ZakH2388that thoueatאֲכֹ֣ל'a.KholH398notH3808thebloodהַדָּ֔םha.DamH1818: for thebloodהַדָּ֖םha.DamH1818is thelifeהַנָּ֑פֶשׁha.Na.feshH5315; and thou shaltnotH3808eatתֹאכַ֥לto.KhalH398thelifeהַנֶּ֖פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315with thefleshהַבָּשָֽׂר׃ha.ba.SarH1320.

24Thou shaltnotלֹ֖אlo'H3808eatתֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּto.khe.Le.nuH398it; thou shaltpourתִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּtish.pe.Khe.nuH8210itoutH8210uponעַל־'al-H5921theearthהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776aswaterכַּמָּֽיִם׃ka.Ma.yimH4325.

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