Deuteronomy 15:23
Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 7:26You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings.
Deuteronomy 12:16Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
Deuteronomy 12:24You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
Ezekiel 33:25Therefore tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. So should you possess the land?
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 →