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Deuteronomy 12:22
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Christian Standard Bible®
Indeed, you may eat it as the gazelle and deer are eaten; both the clean and the unclean may eat it.
Indeed, you may eat it as the gazelle and deer are eaten; both the clean and the unclean may eat it.
Hebrew Names Version
Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you shall eat of it: the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you shall eat of it: the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
King James Version
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
Lexham English Bible
Surely just as the gazelle and the deer is eaten, so both the unclean and the clean together may eat it.
Surely just as the gazelle and the deer is eaten, so both the unclean and the clean together may eat it.
English Standard Version
Just as the gazelle or the deer is eaten, so you may eat of it. The unclean and the clean alike may eat of it.
Just as the gazelle or the deer is eaten, so you may eat of it. The unclean and the clean alike may eat of it.
New Century Version
as you would eat gazelle or deer meat. Both clean and unclean people may eat this meat,
as you would eat gazelle or deer meat. Both clean and unclean people may eat this meat,
New English Translation
Like you eat the gazelle or ibex, so you may eat these; the ritually impure and pure alike may eat them.
Like you eat the gazelle or ibex, so you may eat these; the ritually impure and pure alike may eat them.
Amplified Bible
"Just as the gazelle or the deer is eaten, so you may eat it [but not make it an offering]; the [ceremonially] unclean and the clean alike may eat it.
"Just as the gazelle or the deer is eaten, so you may eat it [but not make it an offering]; the [ceremonially] unclean and the clean alike may eat it.
New American Standard Bible
"Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you may eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it.
"Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you may eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Euen as the roe bucke, and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them. both the vncleane and the cleane shall eate of them alike.
Euen as the roe bucke, and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them. both the vncleane and the cleane shall eate of them alike.
Legacy Standard Bible
Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you will eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it.
Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you will eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it.
Contemporary English Version
It is the same as eating the meat from a deer or a gazelle that you kill when you go hunting. And in this way, anyone who is unclean and unfit for worship can have some of the meat.
It is the same as eating the meat from a deer or a gazelle that you kill when you go hunting. And in this way, anyone who is unclean and unfit for worship can have some of the meat.
Complete Jewish Bible
Eat it as you would gazelle or deer; the unclean and clean alike may eat it.
Eat it as you would gazelle or deer; the unclean and clean alike may eat it.
Darby Translation
Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean alike may eat of them.
Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean alike may eat of them.
Easy-to-Read Version
You may eat this meat the same as you would eat gazelle or deer meat. Anyone can do this—people who are clean and people who are unclean.
You may eat this meat the same as you would eat gazelle or deer meat. Anyone can do this—people who are clean and people who are unclean.
George Lamsa Translation
But as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so you shall eat of it, the clean and the unclean, you shall eat of it alike.
But as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so you shall eat of it, the clean and the unclean, you shall eat of it alike.
Good News Translation
Anyone, ritually clean or unclean, may eat that meat, just as he would eat the meat of deer or antelope.
Anyone, ritually clean or unclean, may eat that meat, just as he would eat the meat of deer or antelope.
Literal Translation
Only, as the gazelle and the hart are eaten, so you shall eat of it; the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
Only, as the gazelle and the hart are eaten, so you shall eat of it; the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen as a Roo or Hert is eaten, maiest thou eate it: both the cleane and vncleane maie eate it indifferently.
Euen as a Roo or Hert is eaten, maiest thou eate it: both the cleane and vncleane maie eate it indifferently.
American Standard Version
Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.
Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.
Bible in Basic English
It will be your food, like the gazelle and the roe; the unclean and the clean may take of it.
It will be your food, like the gazelle and the roe; the unclean and the clean may take of it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And as the Roe bucke and the Hart is eaten, euen so thou shalt eate them: both the cleane and the vncleane shall eate of them.
And as the Roe bucke and the Hart is eaten, euen so thou shalt eate them: both the cleane and the vncleane shall eate of them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Howbeit as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.
Howbeit as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.
King James Version (1611)
Euen as the Roe bucke and the Hart is eaten, so thou shalt eate them: the vncleane and the cleane shall eate of them alike.
Euen as the Roe bucke and the Hart is eaten, so thou shalt eate them: the vncleane and the cleane shall eate of them alike.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
As the doe and the stag are eaten, so shalt thou eat it; the unclean in thee and the clean shall eat it in like manner.
As the doe and the stag are eaten, so shalt thou eat it; the unclean in thee and the clean shall eat it in like manner.
English Revised Version
Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean shall eat thereof alike.
Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean shall eat thereof alike.
Berean Standard Bible
Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the clean and the unclean may eat it.
Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the clean and the unclean may eat it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
As a capret and hert is etun, so thou schalt ete tho; bothe a cleene man and vncleene schulen ete therof in comyn.
As a capret and hert is etun, so thou schalt ete tho; bothe a cleene man and vncleene schulen ete therof in comyn.
Young's Literal Translation
only, as the roe and the hart is eaten, so dost thou eat it; the unclean and the clean doth alike eat it.
only, as the roe and the hart is eaten, so dost thou eat it; the unclean and the clean doth alike eat it.
Update Bible Version
Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you shall eat thereof: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.
Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you shall eat thereof: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.
Webster's Bible Translation
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat [of] them alike.
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat [of] them alike.
World English Bible
Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you shall eat of it: the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you shall eat of it: the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
New King James Version
Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them.
Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them.
New Living Translation
Anyone, whether ceremonially clean or unclean, may eat that meat, just as you do now with gazelle and deer.
Anyone, whether ceremonially clean or unclean, may eat that meat, just as you do now with gazelle and deer.
New Life Bible
You will eat it just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten. Both the clean and unclean may eat of it.
You will eat it just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten. Both the clean and unclean may eat of it.
New Revised Standard
Indeed, just as gazelle or deer is eaten, so you may eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it.
Indeed, just as gazelle or deer is eaten, so you may eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so, shalt thou eat it, - the unclean and the clean, alike shall eat it.
Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so, shalt thou eat it, - the unclean and the clean, alike shall eat it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Even as the roe and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them: both the clean and unclean shall eat of them alike.
Even as the roe and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them: both the clean and unclean shall eat of them alike.
Revised Standard Version
Just as the gazelle or the hart is eaten, so you may eat of it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it.
Just as the gazelle or the hart is eaten, so you may eat of it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you will eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it.
"Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you will eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it.
Contextual Overview
5Instead find the site that God , your God, will choose and mark it with his name as a common center for all the tribes of Israel. Assemble there. Bring to that place your Absolution-Offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and Tribute-Offerings, your Vow-Offerings, your Freewill-Offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. Feast there in the Presence of God , your God. Celebrate everything that you and your families have accomplished under the blessing of God , your God. 8Don't continue doing things the way we're doing them at present, each of us doing as we wish. Until now you haven't arrived at the goal, the resting place, the inheritance that God , your God, is giving you. But the minute you cross the Jordan River and settle into the land God , your God, is enabling you to inherit, he'll give you rest from all your surrounding enemies. You'll be able to settle down and live in safety. 11From then on, at the place that God , your God, chooses to mark with his name as the place where you can meet him, bring everything that I command you: your Absolution-Offerings and sacrifices, tithes and Tribute-Offerings, and the best of your Vow-Offerings that you vow to God . Celebrate there in the Presence of God , your God, you and your sons and daughters, your servants and maids, including the Levite living in your neighborhood because he has no place of his own in your inheritance. 13Be extra careful: Don't offer your Absolution-Offerings just any place that strikes your fancy. Offer your Absolution-Offerings only in the place that God chooses in one of your tribal regions. There and only there are you to bring all that I command you. 15 It's permissible to slaughter your nonsacrificial animals like gazelle and deer in your towns and eat all you want from them with the blessing of God , your God. Both the ritually clean and unclean may eat. 16But you may not eat the blood. Pour the blood out on the ground like water. Nor may you eat there the tithe of your grain, new wine, or olive oil; nor the firstborn of your herds and flocks; nor any of the Vow-Offerings that you vow; nor your Freewill-Offerings and Tribute-Offerings. All these you must eat in the Presence of God , your God, in the place God , your God, chooses—you, your son and daughter, your servant and maid, and the Levite who lives in your neighborhood. You are to celebrate in the Presence of God , your God, all the things you've been able to accomplish. 19 And make sure that for as long as you live on your land you never, never neglect the Levite. 20When God , your God, expands your territory as he promised he would do, and you say, "I'm hungry for meat," because you happen to be craving meat at the time, go ahead and eat as much meat as you want. If you're too far away from the place that God , your God, has marked with his name, it's all right to slaughter animals from your herds and flocks that God has given you, as I've commanded you. In your own towns you may eat as much of them as you want. Just as the nonsacrificial animals like the gazelle and deer are eaten, you may eat them; the ritually unclean and clean may eat them at the same table. 23Only this: Absolutely no blood. Don't eat the blood. Blood is life; don't eat the life with the meat. Don't eat it; pour it out on the ground like water. Don't eat it; then you'll have a good life, you and your children after you. By all means, do the right thing in God 's eyes. 26And this: Lift high your Holy-Offerings and your Vow-Offerings and bring them to the place God designates. Sacrifice your Absolution-Offerings, the meat and blood, on the Altar of God , your God; pour out the blood of the Absolution-Offering on the Altar of God , your God; then you can go ahead and eat the meat.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Deuteronomy 12:15, Deuteronomy 12:16
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 15:22 - the unclean
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten,.... Which were not only clean creatures, as before observed, but were commonly and frequently eaten, there being plenty of them in those parts:
so thou shalt eat them; their oxen and calves, their sheep and lambs, their goats and their kids:
the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike; no difference being to be made on that account, with respect to common food;
:- which all alike might partake of, notwithstanding any ceremonial uncleanness that any might be attended with.
