כ) כִּי יַרְחִיב ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ אֶת גְּבֻלְךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לָךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ אֹכְלָה בָשָׂר כִּי תְאַוֶּה נַפְשְׁךָ לֶאֱכֹל בָּשָׂר בְּכָל אַוַּת נַפְשְׁךָ תֹּאכַל בָּשָׂר:
When Adonai, your God, expands your boundary, as God has spoken to you, and you say, "I will eat meat," because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, according to every desire of your soul. [Translation by Judaica Press, edited for gender neutrality]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. Why does one desire meat? How often do you think one has this desire?
2. Why do you think meat is permitted when the Israelites enter the land?
3. How do the stipulations of desire and entering the land shape our understand of meat consumption?
Time Period: Biblical (early ancestors to 165 BCE)