Deuteronomy 12:23

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

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

In Context

22Euen as the roe bucke, and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them. both the vncleane and the cleane shall eate of them alike.

24Therefore thou shalt not eat it, but powre it vpon the earth as water.

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Cross References

Leviticus 3:16So the Priest shall burne them vpon the altar, as the meate of an offering made by fire for a sweete sauour: all the fatte is the Lordes.

Leviticus 17:13Moreouer whosoeuer he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that soiourne among the, which by hunting taketh any beast or foule that may be eaten, he shall powre out the blood thereof, and couer it with dust:

Matthew 20:28Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.

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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