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,” 1 you may do so as you wish. 2 12:21 If the place he 3 chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he 4 has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages 5 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.
1 tn Heb “for my soul desires to eat meat.”
2 tn Heb “according to all the desire of your soul you may eat meat.”
3 tn Heb “the
4 tn Heb “the
5 tn Heb “gates” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “in your own community.”