If the place which the LORD your God shall choose to put his name is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Deuteronomy 12:21 in context
Deuteronomy 12:18–24
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but you shall eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all that you put your hand to.
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Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
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When the LORD your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.
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If the place which the LORD your God shall choose to put his name is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.
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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.
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Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.
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You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
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