Deuteronomy 12:21-23

Expanded Bible

²¹ If the Lord your God chooses a place where he ·is to be worshiped [^Lputs his name] that is too far away from you, you may ·kill [slaughter] animals from your herds and flocks, which the Lord has given to you. I have commanded that you may do this. You may eat ·as much of them as you want [^Las much as your soul desires; or when your soul desires] in your own ·towns [^Lgates], ²² as you would eat gazelle or deer meat. Both clean and unclean people [^Cin a ritual sense] may eat this meat, ²³ but be sure you don’t eat the blood, because the life is in the blood [Gen. 9:4; Lev. 3:17; Acts 15:20, 29]. Don’t eat the life with the meat.