Deuteronomy 12:24

Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

23Only beware of this: you may not eat the blood. For their blood is for the soul. And because of this, you must not eat the soul with the flesh.

25so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, when you will do what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord.

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Cross References

Leviticus 3:17by a perpetual law, in your generations and in all of your habitations, neither blood nor fat shall you eat at all.

Deuteronomy 15:23This alone shall you observe: that you do not eat their blood, but pour it upon the ground 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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