Deuteronomy 12:23

Only 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.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

In Context

22But as the roebuck and the hart are eaten, so shalt thou eat the same: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof together.

24Thou shalt not eat it: upon the earth shalt thou pour it out like water.

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Cross References

Leviticus 3:16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar; as the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savor, is all the fat unto the Lord.

Leviticus 17:13And if there be any man whatsoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who catcheth by hunting any beast or fowl that may be eaten: then shall he pour out the blood thereof, and cover it up with dust.

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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