Deuteronomy 12:15-19

New English Translation

Regulations for Eating Sacrificial and Non-Sacrificial Foods

¹⁵ On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the Lord your God blesses you^[a] in all your villages.^[b] Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex. ¹⁶ However, you must not eat blood—pour it out on the ground like water. ¹⁷ You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings. ¹⁸ Only in the presence of the Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he^[c] chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites^[d] in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the Lord your God in all the output of your labor.^{[e] 19} Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.