15 “However, ayou 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; bthe unclean and the clean may eat of it, cof the gazelle and the deer alike.
16 aOnly you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water.
17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or your new wine or your oil, of the firstborn of your herd or your flock, of any of your offerings which you vow, of your freewill offerings, or of the1 heave offering of your hand.
18 But you must eat them before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord your God chooses, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in1 all to which you put your hands.
19 Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
20 “When the Lord your God aenlarges your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘Let me eat meat,’ because you long to eat meat, you may eat as much meat as your heart desires.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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