Verse 22

Eat it within your gates. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it, as though it were a gazelle or deer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 12:15-16 : 15 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. 16 But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.
  • Deut 12:21-22 : 21 If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, you may slaughter from your herds and flocks that the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and eat within your gates as much as you desire. 22 Just as the gazelle or deer is eaten, so you may eat this; both the unclean and the clean alike may eat it.