Deuteronomy 12:24

You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

25Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

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Cross References

Leviticus 3:17This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”

Deuteronomy 15:23But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like 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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