Deuteronomy 12:22

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 12:22 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 12:15But 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 deer,
  2. Deuteronomy 14:5the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
  3. Deuteronomy 15:22Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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