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Deuteronomy 12:15

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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.

Notwithstanding thou mayest kill {H2076} and eat {H398} flesh {H1320} in all thy gates {H8179}, whatsoever thy soul {H5315} lusteth after {H185}, according to the blessing {H1293} of the LORD {H3068} thy God {H430} which he hath given {H5414} thee: the unclean {H2931} and the clean {H2889} may eat {H398} thereof, as of the roebuck {H6643}, and as of the hart {H354}.

However, you may slaughter and eat meat wherever you live and whenever you want, in keeping with the degree to which ADONAI your God has blessed you. The unclean and the clean may eat it, as if it were gazelle or deer.

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,

Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 14:5 (5 votes)

    The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

  • Deuteronomy 14:26 (3 votes)

    And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

  • Deuteronomy 12:20 (3 votes)

    When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

  • Deuteronomy 12:23 (3 votes)

    Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood [is] the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

  • Deuteronomy 15:22 (3 votes)

    Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean [person shall eat it] alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

  • Deuteronomy 15:23 (3 votes)

    Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

  • Leviticus 17:3 (2 votes)

    What man soever [there be] of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth [it] out of the camp,