Deuteronomy 15:23

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

In Context

22It may be used for food in your houses: the unclean and the clean may take of it, as of the gazelle and the roe.

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Cross References

Leviticus 7:26And you are not to take for food any blood, of bird or of beast, in any of your houses.

Deuteronomy 12:16But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.

Deuteronomy 12:24Do not take it for food but let it be drained out on the earth like water.

Ezekiel 33:25For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: You take your meat with the blood, your eyes are lifted up to your images, and you are takers of life: are you to have the land for your heritage?

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 15:20-23

19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. 20 Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household. 21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the… Read the whole commentary →

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