Deuteronomy 15:23
This alone shall you observe: that you do not eat their blood, but pour it upon the ground like water.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 7:26Likewise, you shall not take as food the blood of any animals at all, whether of birds or beasts.
Deuteronomy 12:16Only the blood you shall not eat. Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water.
Deuteronomy 12:24Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water,
Ezekiel 33:25Therefore, you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: You who eat even the blood, and who lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and who shed blood: will you possess the land as an inheritance?
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 →