Deuteronomy 12:23
Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
24thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water:
Cross References
Leviticus 3:16and the priest shall burn them on the altar: [it is] the food of the offering by fire for a sweet odour. All the fat [shall be] Jehovah's.
Leviticus 17:13And every one of the children of Israel, and of the strangers who sojourn among them, that catcheth in the hunt a beast or fowl that may be eaten, he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with earth;
Matthew 20:28as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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 →