# 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 full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# within all your gates

Here "gates" represents the whole city. Alternate translation: "inside your city" or "at your homes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# the unclean ... persons

A person who is not acceptable for God's purposes is spoken of as if the person were physically unclean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# the clean persons

A person who is acceptable for God's purposes is spoken of as if the person were physically clean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# the gazelle and the deer

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

