Deuteronomy 12:20-28

New International Version

²⁰ When the Lord your God has enlarged your territory^(A) as he promised^(B) you, and you crave meat^(C) 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^(D) 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.^{(E) 22} Eat them as you would gazelle or deer.^(F) Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat. ²³ But be sure you do not eat the blood,^(G) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.^{(H) 24} You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.^{(I) 25} Do not eat it, so that it may go well^(J) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right^(K) in the eyes of the Lord.

²⁶ But take your consecrated things and whatever you have vowed to give,^(L) and go to the place the Lord will choose. ²⁷ Present your burnt offerings^(M) 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^(N) the meat. ²⁸ Be careful to obey all these regulations I am giving you, so that it may always go well^(O) 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.