Deuteronomy 12:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

Yet you may slaughter and eat flesh inside all your gates, whatever your soul desires, 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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates as much as you desire, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that He has given you. Both the unclean and the clean may eat it, as they would gazelle or deer.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill{H2076} and eat{H398} flesh{H1320} within all thy gates,{H8179} after{H185} all the desire{H185} of thy soul,{H5315} according to the blessing{H1293} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} which he hath given{H5414} thee: the unclean{H2931} and the clean{H2889} may eat{H398} thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.{H354}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Notwithstanding thou mayest kill{H2076}{(H8799)} and eat{H398}{(H8804)} flesh{H1320} in all thy gates{H8179}, whatsoever thy soul{H5315} lusteth after{H185}, according to the blessing{H1293} of the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} which he hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} thee: the unclean{H2931} and the clean{H2889} may eat{H398}{(H8799)} thereof, as of the roebuck{H6643}, and as of the hart{H354}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Not witstondynge thou mayst kyll ad eate flesh in al thi cities, what soeuer thi soule lusteth after acordinge to the blessinge of the Lorde thi God which he hath geuen the both the vncleane and the cleane mayst thou eate, euen as the roo and the hert:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Notwtstondinge thou mayest kyll and eate flesh within all thy gates, after all the desyre of thy soule, acordynge to the blessynge of the LORDE thy God, which he hath geue the: both the cleane and vncleane maye eate it, as of the Roo and herte,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Notwithstanding thou maiest kill and eate flesh in all thy gates, whatsoeuer thine heart desireth, according to the blessing of the Lorde thy God which he hath giuen thee: both the vncleane and the cleane may eate thereof, as of the roe bucke, and of the hart.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Notwithstanding, thou mayest kyll and eate fleshe in all thy cities, whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after, accordyng to the blessing of the Lorde thy God, whiche he hath geuen thee: both the vncleane and the cleane may eate therof, euen of the Roe bucke, and of the Hart.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, 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 as of the hart.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Only you may put to death animals, such as the gazelle or the roe, for your food in any of your towns, at the desire of your soul, in keeping with the blessing of the Lord your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may take of it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, 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 as of the hart.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Regulations for Profane Slaughter 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 14:5 : 5 The deer, and the roe deer, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the antelope, and the wild ox, and the mountain sheep.
  • Deut 14:26 : 26 And you shall spend the money for whatever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul desires: and you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household,
  • Deut 15:22-23 : 22 You shall eat it within your gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the deer. 23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it upon the ground as water.
  • Lev 17:3-5 : 3 Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp, 4 And does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people: 5 To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, that they may bring them to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to the priest, and offer them for peace offerings to the LORD.
  • Deut 12:20-23 : 20 When the LORD your God enlarges your border, as He has promised you, and you say, I want to eat meat, because your soul desires to eat meat; you may eat meat, whatever your soul desires. 21 If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat in your gates whatever your soul desires. 22 Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them. 23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the meat.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 12:20-23
    4 verses
    89%

    20 When the LORD your God enlarges your border, as He has promised you, and you say, I want to eat meat, because your soul desires to eat meat; you may eat meat, whatever your soul desires.

    21 If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat in your gates whatever your soul desires.

    22 Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them.

    23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the meat.

  • Deut 15:20-23
    4 verses
    89%

    20 You shall eat it before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household.

    21 And if there is any blemish in it, such as if it is lame, or blind, or has any bad blemish, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

    22 You shall eat it within your gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the deer.

    23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it upon the ground as water.

  • Deut 14:20-21
    2 verses
    80%

    20 But of all clean birds you may eat.

    21 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you shall give it to the stranger that is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to an alien: for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

  • Deut 14:3-7
    5 verses
    78%

    3 You shall not eat any abominable thing.

    4 These are the animals which you shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

    5 The deer, and the roe deer, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the antelope, and the wild ox, and the mountain sheep.

    6 And every animal that parts the hoof, and has a split hoof, and chews the cud among the animals, that you shall eat.

    7 Nevertheless, these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud or of those that have the divided hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rock hyrax; for they chew the cud, but do not divide the hoof; therefore, they are unclean to you.

  • Lev 11:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which you shall eat among all the animals that are on the earth.

    3 Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you shall eat.

    4 Nevertheless, these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you.

  • Deut 12:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16 Only 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 of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your voluntary offerings, or heave offering of your hand:

    18 But you must eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all that you put your hands to.

  • Lev 7:24-26
    3 verses
    75%

    24 And the fat of an animal that dies of itself, and the fat of an animal that is torn by beasts, may be used for any other purpose: but you shall not eat of it.

    25 For whoever eats the fat of the animal of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people.

    26 Moreover, you shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings.

  • Deut 14:11
    75%

    11 Of all clean birds you shall eat.

  • Deut 14:26
    74%

    26 And you shall spend the money for whatever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul desires: and you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household,

  • Deut 12:14
    74%

    14 But in the place which the LORD will choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

  • Deut 12:27
    74%

    27 And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the LORD your God, and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the LORD your God, and you shall eat the flesh.

  • Deut 16:7
    74%

    7 And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: and you shall return in the morning, and go to your tents.

  • Deut 12:7
    74%

    7 And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and rejoice in all to which you put your hand, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.

  • Lev 17:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13 And whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that dwell among you, who hunts and catches any beast or fowl that may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.

    14 For it is the life of all flesh; its blood is for the life thereof: therefore I said to the children of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any flesh: for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.

    15 And every soul that eats what died of itself, or what was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then shall he be clean.

  • Ezek 39:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

    19 And you shall eat fat till you are full, and drink blood till you are drunk, at my sacrificial feast which I have prepared for you.

  • Gen 9:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; just as the green herbs, I have given you all things.

    4 But flesh with its life, which is the blood, you shall not eat.

  • Lev 22:8
    73%

    8 What dies of itself, or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself with it: I am the LORD.

  • Lev 25:7
    72%

    7 And for your cattle, and for the beasts that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.

  • Lev 11:47
    72%

    47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.

  • Lev 11:40
    71%

    40 And he that eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: he also that carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 11:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcass you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.

    9 These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them you shall eat.

  • Exod 12:9
    71%

    9 Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs, and its entrails.

  • Deut 12:25
    71%

    25 You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

  • Lev 17:3
    71%

    3 Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,

  • Exod 22:31
    71%

    31 And you shall be holy men to me; neither shall you eat any meat torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

  • Deut 14:9
    71%

    9 These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales you shall eat.

  • Isa 5:17
    71%

    17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

  • Lev 7:19
    71%

    19 And the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and for the other flesh, all who are clean shall eat it.