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20 “When Yahweh your God enlarges your territory just as he has promised[a] to you, and you say ‘I want to eat some meat,’ because you want it,[b] whenever you desire[c] you may eat meat. 21 If the place that[d] Yahweh your God will choose to put his name there is too far from you, and you slaughter any of your herd and any of your flock that Yahweh has given to you just as I have commanded you, then you may eat whenever you desire in your towns.[e] 22 Surely just as the gazelle and the deer is eaten, so both the unclean and the clean together may eat it. 23 Only, be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat. 24 You shall not eat it, but on the ground you shall pour it out like water. 25 You shall not eat it, so that it will go well[f] for you and your children after you, because then you will be doing what is[g] right in the eyes of Yahweh. 26 Only your holy objects that are yours[h] and your votive gifts you must carry and you must bring to the place that Yahweh will choose. 27 And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood on the altar of Yahweh your God, and the blood of your sacrifices you shall pour out on the altar of Yahweh your God, but the meat you may eat. 28 Be careful to obey[i] all these things that I am commanding you, so that it will go well[j] for you and for your children after you forever,[k] because then you will be doing what is[l] good and right[m] in the eyes of Yahweh your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:20 Literally “spoken”
  2. Deuteronomy 12:20 Literally “because your soul/inner self desires it”
  3. Deuteronomy 12:20 Literally “at/in all the wanting of your soul/inner self”
  4. Deuteronomy 12:21 Or “where”
  5. Deuteronomy 12:21 Literally “gates”
  6. Deuteronomy 12:25 Literally “it/he is good”
  7. Deuteronomy 12:25 Hebrew “the”
  8. Deuteronomy 12:26 Literally “that are for you”
  9. Deuteronomy 12:28 Literally “Watch carefully and listen”
  10. Deuteronomy 12:28 Literally “he/it is good”
  11. Deuteronomy 12:28 Literally “until ever”
  12. Deuteronomy 12:28 Hebrew “the”
  13. Deuteronomy 12:28 Hebrew “the right”

20 “When the Lord your God (A)enlarges your territory, (B)as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you crave meat, you may eat meat whenever you desire. 21 If (C)the place that the Lord your God will choose to put his name there is too far from you, (D)then you may kill any of your herd or your flock, which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your towns whenever you desire. 22 Just (E)as the gazelle or the deer is eaten, so you may eat of it. (F)The unclean and the clean alike may eat of it. 23 (G)Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, (H)for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh. 24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water. 25 You shall not eat it, (I)that all may go well with you and with your children after you, (J)when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord. 26 But the (K)holy things that are due from you, and (L)your vow offerings, you shall take, and you shall go to (M)the place that the Lord will choose, 27 and (N)offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the Lord your God. The blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the Lord your God, but the flesh you may eat. 28 Be careful to obey all these words that I command you, (O)that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

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