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Deuteronomy 12:21
“If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put his name there, is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 12
Take heed to yourself that you don't forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
When Yahweh your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, "I want to eat meat," because your soul desires to eat meat; you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.
If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put his name there, is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.
Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you shall eat of it: the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
Only be sure that you don't eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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