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Deuteronomy 12:15

Deuteronomy 12:15
Notwithstanding 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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates,.... They might kill such cattle that were allowed for food, and eat the flesh of them in theie own cities and houses in which they…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

While a stringent injunction is laid down that the old rule (compare Lev 17:3, etc.) must be adhered to as regards animals slain in sacrifice, yet permission is now given to slaughter at home what was…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 12:5-32

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Deuteronomy 12:13-19

Third Statement of the Law of the One Sanctuary

In the Sg. address and with phrases characteristic of that form. In substance much the same as the two previous statements, the zebaḥimbeing curiously…