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Deuteronomy 12:15 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 12 · verse 15
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.Deuteronomy 12:15 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 12:15 in context
13Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
14But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
15Notwithstanding 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.
16Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
17Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- blessingBᵉrâkâhbenedictionH1293 →
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
- gatesshaʻaran openingH8179 →
- afterʼavvâhlongingH185 →
- givennâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- killzâbachto slaughter an animalH2076 →
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There is not any one particular precept (as I remember) in all the law of Moses so largely pressed and inculcated as this, by which they are all tied to bring their sacrifices to that one altar which was set up in the court of the tabernacle, and there to perform all the rituals of their religion;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-32