22Eat them as you would gazelle or deer. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat.


In Context

19 Be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.

20 When the Lord your God has enlarged your territory as he promised you, and you crave meat and say, "I would like some meat," then you may eat as much of it as you want.

21 If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put his Name is too far away from you, you may slaughter animals from the herds and flocks the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and in your own towns you may eat as much of them as you want.

22 Eat them as you would gazelle or deer. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat.

23 But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

24 You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:22Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat [of] them alike.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:22Even as the roe and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them: both the clean and unclean shall eat of them alike.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:22Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:22Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean alike may eat of them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:22Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean shall eat thereof alike.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:22Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:22Even 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:22only, as the roe and the hart is eaten, so dost thou eat it; the unclean and the clean doth alike eat it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:22Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so you shall eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.