Deuteronomy 12:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.”
Deuteronomy 12:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 12:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 12:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“When Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.”
Deuteronomy 12:20 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 12:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul. ”
Deuteronomy 12:20 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 12:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`When Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath spoken to thee, and thou hast said, Let me eat flesh--for thy soul desireth to eat flesh--of all the desire of thy soul thou dost eat flesh.”
Deuteronomy 12:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 12:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“When Jehovah thyGod shall enlarge thy border, as he promised thee, and thou say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh, thou mayest eat flesh, according to all the desire of thy soul. ”
Deuteronomy 12:20 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 12:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as hee hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I wil eate flesh, (because thine heart longeth to eate flesh) thou maiest eate flesh, whatsoeuer thine heart desireth.”
Deuteronomy 12:20 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 12:20 in Context — Deuteronomy 12
18 But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
20 When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
21 If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
What Does Deuteronomy 12:20 Mean?
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