Deuteronomy 12:24

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

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

In Context

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.

25Thou shalt not eat it; in order that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou wilt do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

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Cross References

Leviticus 3:17A perpetual statute shall it be for your generations throughout all your dwellings: no fat nor blood shall ye eat.

Deuteronomy 15:23Only the blood thereof shalt thou not eat: upon the ground shalt thou pour it out as water.

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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