Deuteronomy 12:16

Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

In Context

15Nevertheless, according to all the desire of thy soul thou mayest slay and eat flesh in all thy gates, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and the hart.

17Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy kine or of thy sheep, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy voluntary-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;

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Cross References

Genesis 9:4Only, the flesh with its life, its blood, ye shall not eat.

Leviticus 7:26And no blood shall ye eat in any of your dwellings, whether it be of fowl or of cattle.

Deuteronomy 12:23Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh;

Acts 15:29to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; keeping yourselves from which ye will do well. Farewell.

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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