Deuteronomy 12:21
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If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put his Name is too far away from you, you may slaughter animals from the herds and flocks the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and in your own towns you may eat as much of them as you want.
Read Deuteronomy 12:21 Using Other Translations
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.
If the place that the LORD your God will choose to put his name there is too far from you, then you may kill any of your herd or your flock, which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your towns whenever you desire.
It might happen that the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored—is a long way from your home. If so, you may butcher any of the cattle, sheep, or goats the LORD has given you, and you may freely eat the meat in your hometown, as I have commanded you.
What does Deuteronomy 12:21 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Deuteronomy
12:21
FOOTNOTES:
F8 (yk) "cum", Pagninus, Montanus.
If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put
his
name be too far from thee
Or rather "for" F8, or "seeing" the place will be too
far from thee; for it is allowed before that they might kill and
eat flesh for common food in their gates, ( Deuteronomy
12:15 )
then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy
flock;
of thy oxen and of thy sheep, creatures used in sacrifice; but
this was no bar to the use of them for common food also:
which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded
thee;
( Deuteronomy 12:15 )
and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth
after;
flesh of any sort, lawful to be eaten.
F8 (yk) "cum", Pagninus, Montanus.
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