Profane and Sacred Slaughter. ^15 [a]However, in any of your communities you may slaughter and eat meat freely, according to the blessing that the Lord, your God, has given you; the unclean as well as the clean may eat it, as they do the gazelle or the deer.^{(A) 16 [b]}Only, you shall not eat of the blood, but must pour it out on the ground like water.^{(B) 17} Moreover, you may not, in your own communities, partake of your tithe of grain or wine or oil, of the firstborn of your herd or flock, of any offering you have vowed, of your voluntary offerings, or of your personal contributions.