Deuteronomy 12:16

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.

17Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the offering of thy hand;

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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.

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.

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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