Deuteronomy 12:15

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Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

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The Jordan marked the boundary Israel would cross to enter the promised land of Canaan. In this passage, life “within your gates” in that land is in view: ordinary slaughter and eating of meat were permitted locally, unlike sacrificial offerings, which had to be brought to the place God chose.

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Deuteronomy 12:15 mentions Jordan.