Deuteronomy 15:23

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

In Context

22Thou shalt eat it within thy gates; the unclean and the clean may eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart.

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Cross References

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

Deuteronomy 12:16Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

Deuteronomy 12:24Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

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 Deuteronomy 15:20-23

19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. 20 Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household. 21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the… Read the whole commentary →

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