Deuteronomy 12:16

Only you⌃ shall not eat the blood; you⌃ shall pour it out on the ground as water.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15But you shall kill according to all your desire, and shall eat flesh according to the blessing of the Lord your God, which he has given you in every city; the unclean that is within you and the clean shall eat it on equal terms, as the doe or the stag.

17You shall not be able to eat in your cities the tithe of your corn, and of your wine, and of your oil, the firstborn of your herd and of your flock, and all your vows as many as you⌃ shall have vowed, and your thank-offerings, and the first fruits of your hands.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:4But flesh with blood of life you⌃ shall not eat.

Leviticus 7:26as the Lord commanded to give to them in the day in which he anointed them of the sons of Israel, a perpetual statute through their generations.

Deuteronomy 12:23Take diligent heed that you eat no blood, for blood is the life of it; the life shall not be eaten 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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