Deuteronomy 12:24

Do not take it for food but let it be drained out on the earth like water.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

In Context

23But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.

25Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

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Cross References

Leviticus 3:17Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.

Deuteronomy 15:23Only do not take its blood for food, but let it be drained out on the earth like water.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 12:6-32

Where Sacrifices Must Be Offered; Ceremonial Observances; Cautions Against Idolatrous Rites. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 7 And there ye… Read the whole commentary →

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