Deuteronomy 15:23

Only thou shalt not eat the blood, but pour it out upon the ground like water.

Targum Onkelos

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 mayest eat it in thy cities, unclean (persons) and clean alike (may eat it), as the antelope and the hart.

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Cross References

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

Deuteronomy 12:16Only of blood you may not eat; thou shalt pour it upon the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:24Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it like water upon the ground;

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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