13. Be careful that you don’t sacrifice your burnt offerings wherever you want.
14. Instead, sacrifice them ⌊only⌋ at the place that the Lord will choose in one of your tribes. There you must do everything I command you.
15. In whatever city you live, you may slaughter and eat as much meat as you want from what the Lord your God has blessed you with. Clean and unclean people may eat it as if they were eating a gazelle or a deer.
16. But never eat the blood. Pour it on the ground like water.
17. You may not eat ⌊the Lord’s offerings⌋ in your cities. Those offerings are: one-tenth of your grain, new wine, and olive oil; the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, or goats; the offerings you vow to bring; your freewill offerings; and your contributions.
18. Instead, you, your sons and daughters, male and female slaves, and the Levites who live in your cities must eat these in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose. There in the presence of the Lord your God enjoy everything you’ve worked for.
19. Don’t forget to take care of the Levites as long as you live in your land.
20. The Lord your God will expand your ⌊country’s⌋ borders as he promised. You will say, “I’m hungry for meat.” Then eat as much meat as you want.
21. If the place the Lord your God chooses to put his name is too far away from you, you may slaughter an animal from the herds or flocks that the Lord has given you. Eat as much as you want in your city. I have commanded you to do this.
22. Eat it as you would eat a gazelle or a deer: Clean and unclean people may eat it together.