22. It is the same as eating the meat from a deer or a gazelle that you kill when you go hunting. And in this way, anyone who is unclean and unfit for worship can have some of the meat.
23-24. But don't eat the blood. It is the life of the animal, so let it drain out on the ground before you eat the meat.
25. Do you want the Lord to make you successful? Do you want your children to be successful even after you are gone? Then do what pleases the Lord and don't eat blood.
26-27. All sacrifices and offerings to the Lord must be taken to the place where he chooses to be worshipped. If you offer a sacrifice to please the Lord, all of its meat must be burnt on the altar. You can eat the meat from certain kinds of sacrifices, but you must always pour out the animal's blood on the altar.
28. If you obey these laws, you will be doing what the Lord your God says is right and good. Then he will help you and your descendants be successful.
29. Israel, as you go into the land and attack the nations that are there, the Lord will get rid of them, and you can have their land.
30. But that's when you must be especially careful not to ask, “How did those nations worship their gods? Shouldn't we worship the Lord in the same way?”
31. No, you should not! The Lord hates the disgusting way those nations worship their gods, because they even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices.
32. Obey all the laws and teachings I am giving you. Don't add any, and don't take any away.