Deuteronomy 12:24

But thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water,

Douay-Rheims 1899

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, that thou eat not the blood, for the blood is for the soul: and therefore thou must not eat the soul with the flesh:

25That it may be well with thee and thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is pleasing in the sight of the Lord.

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Cross References

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

Deuteronomy 15:23Only thou shalt take heed not to eat their blood, but pour it out on the earth as 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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