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Deuteronomy 12:15-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Deuteronomy 12:15-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Profane and Sacred Slaughter. 15 [a]However, in any of your communities you may slaughter and eat meat freely, according to the blessing that the Lord, your God, has given you; the unclean as well as the clean may eat it, as they do the gazelle or the deer.(A) 16 [b]Only, you shall not eat of the blood, but must pour it out on the ground like water.(B) 17 Moreover, you may not, in your own communities, partake of your tithe of grain or wine or oil, of the firstborn of your herd or flock, of any offering you have vowed, of your voluntary offerings, or of your personal contributions. 18 These you must eat in the presence of the Lord, your God, in the place that the Lord, your God, chooses, along with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite within your gates; and there, in the presence of the Lord, you shall rejoice in all your undertakings. 19 Be careful, also, that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.(C)
20 (D)After the Lord, your God, has enlarged your territory, as he promised you,(E) and you think, “I will eat meat,” as it is your desire to eat meat, you may eat it freely; 21 and if the place where the Lord, your God, chooses to put his name is too far, you may slaughter in the manner I have commanded you any of your herd or flock that the Lord has given you, and eat it freely in your own community. 22 You may eat it as you would the gazelle or the deer: the unclean and the clean eating it together. 23 (F)But make sure that you do not eat of the blood; for blood is life; you shall not eat that life with the flesh. 24 Do not eat of the blood, therefore, but pour it out on the ground like water. 25 Do not eat of it, that you and your children after you may prosper for doing what is right in the sight of the Lord. 26 However, any sacred gifts or votive offerings that you may have, you shall bring with you to the place which the Lord chooses, 27 and there you must sacrifice your burnt offerings, both the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the Lord, your God; of your other sacrifices the blood indeed must be poured out against the altar of the Lord, your God,(G) but their flesh you may eat.
28 Be careful to heed all these words I command you today, that you and your descendants after you may forever prosper for doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord, your God.(H)
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Deuteronomy 12:15-28
New International Version
Deuteronomy 12:15-28
New International Version
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)
20 When the Lord your God has enlarged your territory(N) as he promised(O) you, and you crave meat(P) and say, “I would like some meat,” then you may eat as much of it as you want. 21 If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put his Name(Q) is too far away from you, you may slaughter animals from the herds and flocks the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and in your own towns you may eat as much of them as you want.(R) 22 Eat them as you would gazelle or deer.(S) Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat. 23 But be sure you do not eat the blood,(T) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.(U) 24 You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.(V) 25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well(W) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right(X) in the eyes of the Lord.
26 But take your consecrated things and whatever you have vowed to give,(Y) and go to the place the Lord will choose. 27 Present your burnt offerings(Z) on the altar of the Lord your God, both the meat and the blood. The blood of your sacrifices must be poured beside the altar of the Lord your God, but you may eat(AA) the meat. 28 Be careful to obey all these regulations I am giving you, so that it may always go well(AB) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.
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