Deuteronomy 12:16

Onely ye shall not eat the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as water.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Notwithstanding thou maiest kill and eate flesh in all thy gates, whatsoeuer thine heart desireth, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath giuen thee: both the vncleane and the cleane may eate thereof, as of the roe bucke, and of the hart.

17Thou maist nor eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corne, nor of thy wine, nor of thine oyle, nor the first borne of thy kine, nor of thy sheep, neither any of thy vowes which thou vowest, nor thy free offerings, nor the offering of thine hands,

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Cross References

Genesis 9:4But flesh with the life thereof, I meane, with the blood thereof, shall ye not eate.

Leviticus 7:26Neither shall ye eate any blood, either of foule, or of beast in all your dwellings.

Deuteronomy 12:23Onely bee sure that thou eate not the blood: for the blood is the life, and thou maiest not eate the life with the flesh.

Acts 15:29That is, that ye abstaine from things offered to idoles, and blood, and that that is strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keepe your selues, ye shall doe well. Fare ye well.

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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