Deuteronomy 12:22
20 When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.
21 If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.
Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.
23 Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
24 You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.
- KJV
- Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
- WEB
- Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
- ASV
- Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.
- DARBY
- Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean alike may eat of them.
- BLB
- Indeed, as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them. The unclean and the clean alike may eat them.
- ÅB
- Men du skal spise det som en spiser et rådyr eller en hjort; både den urene og den rene kan spise det.
- OTB
- Konsumer dem som dere ville gjort med gasell eller hjort. Både de som er rituelt urene og de rene kan delta.
- B1930
- Men du skal ete det som en eter et rådyr eller en hjort; både den urene og den rene kan ete det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 12:15–16
But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,
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