14 But in the place which the Lord shall [a]choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thine heart desireth, according to the [b]blessing of the Lord thy God which he had given thee: both the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, [c]as of the roebuck, and of the hart.

16 Only ye shall not eat the blood, but pour it upon the earth as water.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:14 As was declared ever by the placing of the Ark, as in Shiloh 243 years, or as some write more than 300 years, and in other places till the temple was built.
  2. Deuteronomy 12:15 As God hath given thee power and ability.
  3. Deuteronomy 12:15 Everyone might eat at home as well the beast appointed for sacrifice, as the other.

Bible Gateway Recommends