Deuteronomy 15:22 “Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may…”

Deuteronomy 15:22

Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

World English Bible

You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the deer.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart.

Geneva Bible 1599

But shalt eate it within thy gates: the vncleane, and the cleane shall eate it alike, as the roe bucke, and as the hart.

Darby Translation

In thy gates shalt thou eat it; the unclean and the clean [shall eat it] alike, as the gazelle and as the hart.

Young's Literal Translation

within thy gates thou dost eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe, and as the hart.

Bible in Basic English

It may be used for food in your houses: the unclean and the clean may take of it, as of the gazelle and the roe.

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Cross references

“the unclean”

Deuteronomy 12:15 Deuteronomy 12:21 Deuteronomy 12:22

Deuteronomy 12:15 · BSB

But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or dee…

Deuteronomy 12:21 · BSB

If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever y…

Deuteronomy 12:22 · BSB

Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

23But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Read Deuteronomy 15