15 “However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your towns, as much as you desire, (A)according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you. (B)The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and as of the deer. 16 (C)Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth like water. 17 You may not eat within your towns (D)the tithe of your grain or of your wine or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, or any of your vow offerings that you vow, or your freewill offerings or the contribution that you present, 18 but (E)you shall eat them before the Lord your God in (F)the place that the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your towns. And (G)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in all that you undertake. 19 (H)Take care that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.

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15 “But you may butcher your animals and eat their meat in any town whenever you want. You may freely eat the animals with which the Lord your God blesses you. All of you, whether ceremonially clean or unclean, may eat that meat, just as you now eat gazelle and deer. 16 But you must not consume the blood. You must pour it out on the ground like water.

17 “But you may not eat your offerings in your hometown—neither the tithe of your grain and new wine and olive oil, nor the firstborn of your flocks and herds, nor any offering to fulfill a vow, nor your voluntary offerings, nor your sacred offerings. 18 You must eat these in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose. Eat them there with your children, your servants, and the Levites who live in your towns, celebrating in the presence of the Lord your God in all you do. 19 And be very careful never to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.

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