Deuteronomy 12:21

21 If the place that Yahweh your God will choose to put his name there is [too] far from you, and you slaughter any of your herd and any of your flock that Yahweh has given to you [just] as I have commanded you, then you may eat whenever you desire in your {towns}.

Deuteronomy 12:21 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 12:21

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (yk) "cum", Pagninus, Montanus.

Deuteronomy 12:21 In-Context

19 {Take care} so that you do not neglect the Levite all [of] your days on your land.

20 "When Yahweh your God enlarges your territory [just] as he has {promised} to you, and you say 'I want to eat [some] meat,' {because you want it}, {whenever you desire} you may eat meat.

21 If the place that Yahweh your God will choose to put his name there is [too] far from you, and you slaughter any of your herd and any of your flock that Yahweh has given to you [just] as I have commanded you, then you may eat whenever you desire in your {towns}.

22 Surely [just] as the gazelle and the deer is eaten, so [both] the unclean and the clean together may eat it.

23 Only, be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "where"
• [b]. Literally "gates"