Deuteronomy 12:16

Only of blood you may not eat; thou shalt pour it upon the ground like water.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

In Context

15Though in any place where thy soul may desire thou mayest kill and eat flesh, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which He will give thee in all thy cities; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as the flesh of the gazelle and the deer.

17It is not lawful for thee to eat in thy cities of the tithe of the produce of thy wine or oil, or the firstlings of thy bullocks or thy sheep, or of any vow which thou hast devoted, or of thy free-will offerings, or separations of thy hands;

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Cross References

Genesis 9:4But the flesh with its life-blood you shall not eat.

Leviticus 7:26Nor in any of your habitations may you eat the blood of fowl or of beast:

Deuteronomy 12:23Only, be steadfast in not eating the blood, for blood is life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh:

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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