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IV. MOSES' SECOND MAJOR ADDRESS: AN EXPOSITION OF THE LAW chs. 5--26 >
B. An exposition of selected covenant laws 12-25 >
1. Laws arising from the first commandment 12:1-31 >
Regulations concerning blood 12:15-28
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12:15-19 God reaffirmed His permission that the Israelites could slay and eat clean animals at their homes in the Promised Land (cf. Lev. 17:3-6). Earlier the distinction between slaughtering animals for food and slaughtering animals for sacrifice was not clear, but Moses clarified that distinction now.
12:20-32 The laws just given were to remain in force even though God would enlarge Israel's territory after the nation entered the land. This enlargement would take place as the Israelites gradually drove the Canaanites out (7:22). It would also come to them as God might give them additional territory as a reward for faithful obedience to Him (Exod. 23:27-33).
