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Deuteronomy 12:20

When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.

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ASV

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.

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-ifH3588 →
יַרְחִיב֩yar.Chivhe will enlargeH7337 →
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֥יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
גְּבֽוּלְךָ֮ge.vu.le.Khaterritory yourH1366 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
דִּבֶּר־di.ber-he spokeH1696 →
לָךְ֒loKhto you
וְאָמַרְתָּ֙ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559 →
אֹכְלָ֣ה'o.khe.LahI want to eatH398 →
בָשָׂ֔רva.SarmeatH1320 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
תְאַוֶּ֥הte.'a.Vehit will desireH183 →
נַפְשְׁךָ֖naf.she.Khaappetite yourH5315 →
לֶאֱכֹ֣לle.'e.Kholto eatH398 →
בָּשָׂ֑רba.SarmeatH1320 →
בְּכָל־be.kholin allH3605 →
אַוַּ֥ת'a.Vat[the] desireH185 →
נַפְשְׁךָ֖naf.she.Khaappetite yourH5315 →
תֹּאכַ֥לto.Khalyou will eatH398 →
בָּשָֽׂר׃ba.SarmeatH1320 →

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Deuteronomy 19:8And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,Deuteronomy 11:24Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.Exodus 34:24For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.Psalms 107:9For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.Deuteronomy 12:15But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,Genesis 15:18–21On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—Exodus 23:31And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.Philippians 1:8God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.Genesis 31:30Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.Numbers 11:34So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.Numbers 11:20but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”Psalms 119:174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.Numbers 11:4Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?2 Samuel 13:39And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.

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