Deuteronomy 15:23

Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out on the earth as water.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Thou shalt eat it in thy cities; the unclean in thee and the clean shall eat it in like manner, as the doe or the stag.

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Cross References

Leviticus 7:26Ye shall eat no blood in all your habitations, either of beasts or of birds.

Deuteronomy 12:16Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it out on the ground as water.

Deuteronomy 12:24Ye shall not eat it; ye shall pour it out on the ground as water.

Ezekiel 33:25Therefore say to them, Thus saith the Lord God,

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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