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Deuteronomy 15:23 In-Context
21 If the animal is defective, lame, say, or blind - anything wrong with it - don't slaughter it as a sacrifice to God, your God.
22 Stay at home and eat it there. Both the ritually clean and unclean may eat it, the same as with a gazelle or a deer.
23 Only you must not eat its blood. Pour the blood out on the ground like water.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.