Deuteronomy 12:16

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

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Notwithstanding, according to all the longing of thy soul, mayest thou kill and eat flesh, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee, in all thy gates: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

17Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, nor the first-born of thy herds or of thy flocks, nor any of thy vows which thou mayest vow, nor thy freewill-offerings, and the heave-offering of thy hand;

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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.

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.

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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