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Deuteronomy 12:21 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 12 · verse 21
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.Deuteronomy 12:21 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 12:21 in context
19Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
20When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
21If 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.
22Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- chosenbâcharproperly, to tryH977 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- flocktsôʼna collective name for a flockH6629 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- 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