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)

²² Eat them as you would gazelle or deer.^(A) Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat. ²³ But be sure you do not eat the blood,^(B) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.^{(C) 24} You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.^(D)