¹⁵ Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were gazelle or deer,^(A) according to the blessing the Lord your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it. ¹⁶ But you must not eat the blood;^(B) pour^(C) it out on the ground like water.^{(D) 17} You must not eat in your own towns the tithe^(E) of your grain and new wine and olive oil,^(F) or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give,^(G) or your freewill offerings or special gifts.^{(H) 18} Instead, you are to eat^(I) them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God will choose^(J)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns—and you are to rejoice^(K) before the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to. ¹⁹ Be careful not to neglect the Levites^(L) as long as you live in your land.^(M)