Deuteronomy 12:24

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

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

In Context

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.

25Thou shalt not eat it, that it may go well with thee; and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt doe that which is right in the sight of the Lord:

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Cross References

Leviticus 3:17This shalbe a perpetual ordinance for your generations, throughout al your dwellings, so that ye shall eate neither fatte nor blood.

Deuteronomy 15:23Onely thou shalt not eate the blood thereof, but powre it vpon the ground as water.

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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