1 Samuel 14:32

And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people did eat them with the blood.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

In Context

31And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmas to Aijalon; and the people were very faint.

33Then they told Saul, saying: 'Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood.' And he said: 'Ye have dealt treacherously; roll a great stone unto me this day.'

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Cross References

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

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

Leviticus 19:26Ye shall not eat with the blood; neither shall ye practise divination nor soothsaying.

Deuteronomy 12:23Only be stedfast in not eating the blood; for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

Ezekiel 33:25Wherefore say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD. Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood; and shall ye possess the land?

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 14:25-36

Saul's Rash Oath. ( b. c. 1067.) 24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. 25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his… Read the whole commentary →

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