## However, you may kill and eat animals within all your gates ##

The people could only kill animals as sacrifices in the place that Yahweh would choose. They could kill animals for food anywhere they wanted.

## the gazelle and the deer ##

These are wild animals with long thin legs that can run quickly. AT: "the antelope and the deer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])

## But you will not eat the blood ##

The blood represents life and God did not allow the people to eat the blood along with the meat.