Deuteronomy 12:20-24
12:21 a you may butcher: Because an animal’s blood was considered sacred (see Gen 9:4-6 b), even meat intended for human consumption was to be slaughtered at the central designated place of worship if that was at all practical (cp. Lev 17:8-9 c); if not, the animal could be sacrificed locally, but the blood still had to be disposed of in a ritually appropriate manner (Deut 12:23-25 d; cp. Lev 17:10-12 e).12:23 f the blood is the life: In this figure of speech, the means (blood) is equated with the effect (life). Since life is sacred, its vehicle, the blood, is also sacred (see also Lev 17:11 g).
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