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Deuteronomy 12:16

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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.Select Deuteronomy 12:14

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.Select Deuteronomy 12:15

16Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.Select Deuteronomy 12:16

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:Select Deuteronomy 12:17

18But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.Select Deuteronomy 12:18

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12:16 Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.

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12:16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

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