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Deuteronomy 12:15-17
International Standard Version
Deuteronomy 12:15-17
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.
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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 12:15-17
New International Version
Deuteronomy 12:15-17
New International Version
15 Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were gazelle or deer,(A) according to the blessing the Lord your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it. 16 But you must not eat the blood;(B) pour(C) it out on the ground like water.(D) 17 You must not eat in your own towns the tithe(E) of your grain and new wine and olive oil,(F) or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give,(G) or your freewill offerings or special gifts.(H)
Deuteronomy 12:15-17
King James Version
Deuteronomy 12:15-17
King James Version
15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
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