1 Samuel 14:32

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Ayalon; and the people were very faint.

33And they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people are sinning against the Lord, in eating upon the blood. And he [then] said, Ye have acted treacherously: roll [hither] unto me this day a great stone.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:4But flesh in which its life is, which is its blood, shall ye not eat.

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

Leviticus 19:26Ye shall not eat upon the blood; nor shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

Deuteronomy 12:23Only be firm so as not to eat the blood; for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

Ezekiel 33:25Therefore say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, By the blood do ye eat, and your eyes do you lift up toward your idols, and blood do ye shed: and ye expect to 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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