Deuteronomy 12:20-22

The Sanctity of Blood

12:20 When the Lord your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say, “I want to eat meat just as I please,” you may do so as you wish. 12:21 If the place he chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages just as you wish. 12:22 Like you eat the gazelle or ibex, so you may eat these; the ritually impure and pure alike may eat them.


tn Heb “for my soul desires to eat meat.”

tn Heb “according to all the desire of your soul you may eat meat.”

tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

tn Heb “gates” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “in your own community.”