YHWH blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given. Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plants. Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.”
You may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, whatever you desire, according to the blessing of YHWH which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer. Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
When YHWH extends your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, whatever you desire. If the place which YHWH chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter of your herd and flock which YHWH has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates whatever you desire. Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you will eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it. Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh. You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
You shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of YHWH; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of YHWH, and you shall eat the flesh.
