Deuteronomy 12:22

Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so, shalt thou eat it,—the unclean and the clean, alike shall eat it.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

In Context

21When the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose to put his name there, shall be, too far for thee, then shalt thou sacrifice of thy herd or of thy flock which Yahweh hath given unto thee, as I have commanded thee,—and shalt eat, within thine own gates, of whatsoever thy soul desireth.

23Howbeit firmly refrain from eating the blood; for the blood, is the life,—therefore must thou not eat the life with the flesh.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:15Howbeit of anything thy soul desireth, mayest thou sacrifice and so eat flesh—according to the blessing of Yahweh thy God which he hath bestowed upon thee, in all thy gates, the unclean and the clean may eat thereof,—as the gazelle and as the hart,

Deuteronomy 15:22within thine own gates, mayest thou eat it,—the unclean of you and the clean alike, as the gazelle and as the hart.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 12:6-32

Where Sacrifices Must Be Offered; Ceremonial Observances; Cautions Against Idolatrous Rites. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 7 And there ye… Read the whole commentary →

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