DEUTERONOMY 12:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“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.”
When the LORD your God has enlarged your territory as he promised, and you crave meat and say, 'I would like some meat,' then you may eat as much of it as you want — the permission to eat meat locally is conditioned on territorial expansion: in a larger land, travel to the central sanctuary becomes less feasible for every meal. Practical necessity moderates the absolute centralization principle.
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