Deuteronomy 12:15-19
English Standard Version
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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Deuteronomy 12:15-19
International Standard Version
Instructions Pertaining to Food
15 “You may slaughter and eat as much meat as you desire,[a] according to the blessing of the Lord your God, when he provides for you in all your cities.[b] Both ritually unqualified and qualified people[c] may eat it as they would gazelle and deer. 16 However, you are not to consume the blood;[d] instead, you are to pour it out on the ground as you would water.
17 “You won’t be allowed to eat your tithe of grain, new wine, or oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, your voluntary offerings that you pledged, your free-will offerings, or the works of your hands in your own cities. 18 You’ll eat only in the presence of the Lord your God at the place that he[e] will choose—you, your sons and your daughters, your male and female servants, and the descendant of Levi who is in your cities.[f] Rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God in everything you undertake.[g] 19 Be careful not to forget the descendant of Levi while you live[h] in the land.
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- Deuteronomy 12:15 Lit. with all the desire of your soul
- Deuteronomy 12:15 Lit. gates
- Deuteronomy 12:15 Lit. unclean and clean; and so throughout the book
- Deuteronomy 12:16 Cf. Acts 15:20, 29
- Deuteronomy 12:18 Lit. that the Lord your God
- Deuteronomy 12:18 Lit. gates
- Deuteronomy 12:18 Lit. in every work of your hand
- Deuteronomy 12:19 Lit. all your days in the land
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