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Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it. <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Living Translation</a> “But you may butcher your animals and eat their meat in any town whenever you want. You may freely eat the animals with which the LORD your God blesses you. All of you, whether ceremonially clean or unclean, may eat that meat, just as you now eat gazelle and deer. <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> “However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your towns, as much as you desire, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and as of the deer. <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer, <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">King James Bible</a> Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">New King James Version</a> “However, you may slaughter and eat meat within all your gates, whatever your heart desires, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, of the gazelle and the deer alike. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, whatever you desire, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as the gazelle and the deer. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, whatever you desire, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, whatever you desire, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “However, you may sacrifice and eat meat within any of your gates, whatever you desire, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your [city] gates, whatever you wish, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you [as His generous provision for daily life]. The [ceremonially] unclean and the clean may eat it, such as the gazelle and the deer. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your city gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Those who are clean or unclean may eat it, as they would a gazelle or deer, <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Those who are clean or unclean may eat it, as they would a gazelle or deer, <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart. <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In whatever city you live, you may slaughter and eat as much meat as you want from what the LORD your God has blessed you with. Clean and unclean people may eat it as if they were eating a gazelle or a deer. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> "But you are free to kill and eat your animals wherever you live. You may eat as many as the LORD gives you. All of you, whether ritually clean or unclean, may eat them, just as you would eat the meat of deer or antelope. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> "You may slaughter and eat as much meat as you desire, according to the blessing of the LORD your God, when he provides for you in all your cities. Both ritually unqualified and qualified people may eat it as they would gazelle and deer. <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer, <a href="/net/deuteronomy/12.htm">NET Bible</a> On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the LORD your God blesses you in all your villages. Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the deer. <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatever thy soul desireth, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat of it as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. <a href="/web/deuteronomy/12.htm">World English Bible</a> Yet you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Nevertheless, you slaughter anything of the desire of your soul, and have eaten [its] flesh according to the blessing of your God YHWH which He has given to you in all your gates; the unclean and the clean eat it, as [if] the roe and as [if] the deer. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Only, with all the desire of thy soul thou dost sacrifice, and hast eaten flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which He hath given to thee, in all thy gates; the unclean and the clean do eat it, as of the roe, and as of the hart. <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Only in all the desire of thy soul thou shalt sacrifice and eat flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he gave to thee in all thy gates: the unclean and the clean shall eat it, as the roe and as the stag.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But if thou desirest to eat, and the eating of flesh delight thee, kill, and eat according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given thee, in thy cities: whether it be unclean, that is to say, having blemish or defect: or clean, that is to say, sound and without blemish, such as may be offered, as the roe, and the hart, shalt thou eat it: <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> So, if you wish to eat, and if the eating of flesh pleases you, then kill and eat according to the blessing of the Lord your God, which he has given to you, in your cities: you may eat it whether it is unclean, that is, having blemish or defect, or whether it is clean, that is, whole and without blemish, of the kind which is permitted to be offered, such as the roe deer and the stag. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Bible</a> However, in any of your communities you may slaughter and eat meat freely, according to the blessing that the LORD, your God, has given you; the unclean as well as the clean may eat it, as they do the gazelle or the deer. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Yet whenever you desire you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your towns, according to the blessing that the LORD your God has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as they would of gazelle or deer.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Notwithstanding you may slaughter and eat meat in all your towns, whatever your soul may desire, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which he has given you; the unclean and the clean may be eaten, such as of the gazelle, and as of the hart. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Only in every lust of your soul slaughter and eat the flesh as a blessing that LORD JEHOVAH your God gives to you in all your cities; they may eat the defiled and the clean, like a deer and like a stag.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart. <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> But thou shalt kill according to all thy desire, and shalt eat flesh according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he has given thee in every city; the unclean that is within thee and the clean shall eat it on equal terms, as the doe or the stag. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=3687" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">One Place for Worship</a> …14you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you. 15<a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although.">But</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">whenever</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/185.htm" title="185: ’aw·waṯ (N-fsc) -- Desire. From 'avah; longing.">want,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: tiz·baḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">you may slaughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·’ā·ḵal·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: ḇā·śār (N-ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">meat</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">within any</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: šə·‘ā·re·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">of your gates,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1293.htm" title="1293: kə·ḇir·kaṯ (Prep-k:: N-fsc) -- A blessing. From barak; benediction; by implication prosperity.">according to the blessing</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯan- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">has given</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2889.htm" title="2889: wə·haṭ·ṭā·hō·wr (Conj-w, Art:: Adj-ms) -- Clean, pure. Or tahor; from taher; pure.">Both the ceremonially clean</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: haṭ·ṭā·mê (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">and unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵə·len·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3mse) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">may eat it</a> <a href="/hebrew/6643.htm" title="6643: kaṣ·ṣə·ḇî (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Splendor, a gazelle. From tsabah in the sense of prominence; splendor; also a gazelle.">as they would a gazelle</a> <a href="/hebrew/354.htm" title="354: wə·ḵā·’ay·yāl (Conj-w, Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A hart, stag, deer. An intensive form of 'ayil; a stag or male deer.">or deer,</a> 16but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/17-3.htm">Leviticus 17:3-4</a> ‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it / instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people. <a href="/leviticus/17-13.htm">Leviticus 17:13</a> And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt. <a href="/deuteronomy/14-26.htm">Deuteronomy 14:26</a> Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household. <a href="/deuteronomy/15-22.htm">Deuteronomy 15:22</a> Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer. <a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Genesis 9:3-4</a> Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things. / But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it. <a href="/acts/10-13.htm">Acts 10:13-15</a> Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” / “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” / The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” <a href="/1_corinthians/10-25.htm">1 Corinthians 10:25-26</a> Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, / for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.” <a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a> I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. <a href="/1_timothy/4-3.htm">1 Timothy 4:3-5</a> They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. / For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, / because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. <a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm">Leviticus 11:2-3</a> “Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat: / You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud. <a href="/leviticus/11-9.htm">Leviticus 11:9</a> Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales. <a href="/leviticus/11-21.htm">Leviticus 11:21-22</a> However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground. / Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper. <a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm">Leviticus 11:27</a> All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, <a href="/leviticus/11-47.htm">Leviticus 11:47</a> You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’” <a href="/deuteronomy/14-4.htm">Deuteronomy 14:4-5</a> These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat, / the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Notwithstanding you may kill and eat flesh in all your gates, whatever your soul lusts after, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.Whatsoever<a href="/deuteronomy/14-26.htm">Deuteronomy 14:26</a> And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,the unclean<a href="/deuteronomy/12-21.htm">Deuteronomy 12:21,22</a> If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after… <a href="/deuteronomy/14-5.htm">Deuteronomy 14:5</a> The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.<a href="/deuteronomy/15-22.htm">Deuteronomy 15:22,23</a> Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/11-29.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/numbers/31-24.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-25.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/revelation/11-5.htm">Desireth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-7.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-6.htm">Hart</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-19.htm">However</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-28.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/james/4-5.htm">Lusteth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-15.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-28.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-26.htm">Notwithstanding</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-19.htm">Roebuck</a> <a href="/numbers/19-3.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-21.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/numbers/35-34.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-8.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-8.htm">Whatsoever</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-12.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/15-4.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-22.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Desireth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-16.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-22.htm">Hart</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-7.htm">However</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-21.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-21.htm">Lusteth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/joshua/22-19.htm">Notwithstanding</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-22.htm">Roebuck</a> <a href="/joshua/10-10.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-22.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-22.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Whatsoever</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 12</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed</a> 4. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-4.htm">The place of God's service to be kept</a> 15. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Blood is forbidden</a> 17. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Holy things must be eaten in the holy place</a> 19. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">The Levite is not to be forsaken</a> 20. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Blood is again forbidden</a> 26. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">and holy things must be eaten in the holy place</a> 29. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-29.htm">Idolatry is not to be enquired after</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It allows for the consumption of meat outside of the sacrificial context, reflecting a practical approach to daily life in the Promised Land. The "gates" refer to the cities or towns where the Israelites lived, suggesting that this permission was for personal consumption rather than religious sacrifice. This provision acknowledges the logistical challenges of bringing every animal to the central sanctuary and highlights God's blessing in providing for His people's needs.according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you This phrase emphasizes that the ability to eat meat is a result of God's blessing. It reflects the abundance and provision that God promised to the Israelites in the land flowing with milk and honey (<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a>). The blessing is not just material but also spiritual, as it is a reminder of God's covenant faithfulness. This provision is a foretaste of the ultimate blessing found in Christ, who provides spiritual sustenance and life (<a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a>).Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it This part of the verse highlights a distinction between the consumption of meat for daily sustenance and the requirements for sacrificial offerings. While sacrificial meat had to be consumed by those who were ceremonially clean, this provision allows for broader participation, reflecting God's grace and inclusivity. It underscores the difference between ritual purity required for worship and the practical needs of daily life. This inclusivity foreshadows the New Testament teaching that in Christ, the barriers between clean and unclean are broken down (<a href="/acts/10-15.htm">Acts 10:15</a>).as they would a gazelle or deer Gazelles and deer were not typically used in sacrificial offerings, as they were not domesticated animals like sheep or cattle. This comparison indicates that the meat being discussed is for ordinary consumption, similar to hunting game. It reflects the everyday life of the Israelites and their reliance on both domesticated and wild animals for food. This phrase also points to the freedom and abundance in the land, where God's people could enjoy His creation. The mention of these animals highlights the distinction between sacred and secular, a theme that is fulfilled in Christ, who sanctifies all aspects of life (<a href="/1_timothy/4-4.htm">1 Timothy 4:4-5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and instructions to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, receiving instructions on how to live in the Promised Land. 3. <a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a> The land of Canaan, where the Israelites are to settle and live according to God's laws. 4. <a href="/topical/g/gates.htm">Gates</a> Refers to the cities or towns where the Israelites reside, indicating local communities. 5. <a href="/topical/g/gazelle_and_deer.htm">Gazelle and Deer</a> Examples of clean animals that could be eaten, illustrating the freedom to consume meat outside of sacrificial contexts.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/freedom_in_provision.htm">Freedom in Provision</a> God provides for His people and allows them freedom in enjoying His blessings. This verse emphasizes the liberty to enjoy God's provision within the boundaries He sets. <a href="/topical/i/inclusivity_in_community.htm">Inclusivity in Community</a> The allowance for both the ceremonially clean and unclean to eat together reflects God's inclusive nature and the unity He desires among His people. <a href="/topical/r/respect_for_god's_blessings.htm">Respect for God's Blessings</a> While freedom is given, it is important to remember that these blessings come from God. Gratitude and responsible stewardship should accompany the enjoyment of His gifts. <a href="/topical/b/balance_of_tradition_and_change.htm">Balance of Tradition and Change</a> The shift from centralized sacrificial practices to local consumption of meat shows a balance between maintaining tradition and adapting to new circumstances. This can be applied to how we approach changes in our spiritual practices today. <a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_everyday_life.htm">Holiness in Everyday Life</a> Even in mundane activities like eating, believers are called to live in a way that honors God, reflecting His holiness in all aspects of life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 12</a> <a href="/q/how_does_deut._12_15-16's_blood_ban_fit_then.htm">In Deuteronomy 12:15–16, how does the prohibition of consuming blood align with common butchering methods and dietary practices of that era? </a> <a href="/q/why_has_jerusalem_faced_such_sorrow.htm">Why has Jerusalem suffered such great devastation and sorrow?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_god's_laws_shift_in_deut._12_20-21.htm">In Deuteronomy 12:20-21, why would God's instructions shift based on the Israelites' proximity to the sanctuary if His laws are deemed unchanging?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_israel's_ancient_lending.htm">Deuteronomy 15:6 suggests Israel would lend to many nations--what evidence supports Israel's capacity for widespread lending in antiquity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh.--This may very possibly be intended as a slight modification of a law made for the wilderness journey (<a href="/context/leviticus/17-3.htm" title="What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that kills it out of the camp,">Leviticus 17:3-4</a>). There the "killing" of an ox, or lamb, or goat is forbidden anywhere except at the door of the tabernacle. The word "kill," though often used sacrificially, cannot be limited to sacrifice in that place, although the animals mentioned are all sacrificial animals. It would seem that the practice of sacrificing those animals elsewhere, very possibly for the sake of the feast which followed, had become so common that it was necessary to forbid the killing of them anywhere but at the door of the tabernacle. But the continuance of this precept in Canaan would stop the eating of flesh altogether. Hence the exception made here.As of the roebuck, and as of the hart.--The frequent mention of these animals in this connection suggests the idea that the hunting and catching of them may not have been an uncommon thing in the wilderness. <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>But רַק֩ (raq) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7535.htm">Strong's 7535: </a> But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless whenever בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every you נַפְשְׁךָ֜ (nap̄·šə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion wish, אַוַּ֨ת (’aw·waṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_185.htm">Strong's 185: </a> Longing you may slaughter תִּזְבַּ֣ח ׀ (tiz·baḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> To slaughter for sacrifice and eat וְאָכַלְתָּ֣ (wə·’ā·ḵal·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat meat בָשָׂ֗ר (ḇā·śār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man within any בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every of your gates, שְׁעָרֶ֑יךָ (šə·‘ā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> An opening, door, gate according to the blessing כְּבִרְכַּ֨ת (kə·ḇir·kaṯ) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1293.htm">Strong's 1293: </a> Benediction, prosperity the LORD יְהוָ֧ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative has given you. נָֽתַן־ (nā·ṯan-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set Those who are clean וְהַטָּהוֹר֙ (wə·haṭ·ṭā·hō·wr) Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Clean, pure or unclean הַטָּמֵ֤א (haṭ·ṭā·mê) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> Unclean may eat it, יֹאכְלֶ֔נּוּ (yō·ḵə·len·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat as they would a gazelle כַּצְּבִ֖י (kaṣ·ṣə·ḇî) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6643.htm">Strong's 6643: </a> Splendor, a gazelle or deer, וְכָאַיָּֽל׃ (wə·ḵā·’ay·yāl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_354.htm">Strong's 354: </a> A hart, stag, deer <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Deuteronomy 12:15 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Deuteronomy 12:15 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Deuteronomy 12:15 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Deuteronomy 12:15 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Deuteronomy 12:15 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Deuteronomy 12:15 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Deuteronomy 12:15 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Deuteronomy 12:15 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Deuteronomy 12:15 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Deuteronomy 12:15 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 12:15 Notwithstanding you may kill and eat flesh (Deut. 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