Deuteronomy 15:23

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

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Within thy gates shalt thou eat it, the unclean and the clean together, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

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Cross References

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

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

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

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 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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