1 Samuel 14:32

And the people darted greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and felled them to the ground,—and the people did eat, with the blood.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

In Context

31Howbeit they smote the Philistines on that day from Michmash to Aijalon,—but the people became exceeding faint.

33And they told Saul, saying, Lo! the people, are sinning against Yahweh, by eating with the blood. And he said—Ye have dealt treacherously, roll unto me, here, a great stone.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:4Yet flesh with the life thereof, the blood thereof, shall ye not eat;

Leviticus 7:26And no manner of blood, shall ye eat, in any of your dwellings,—whether of bird or of beast:

Leviticus 19:26Ye shall eat nothing with the blood thereof,—Ye shall not practise divination neither shall ye use magic.

Deuteronomy 12:23Howbeit firmly refrain from eating the blood; for the blood, is the life,—therefore must thou not eat the life with the flesh.

Ezekiel 33:25Wherefore say unto them Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh. -With the blood, ye do eat. And your eyes, ye do lift up unto your manufactured gods. And blood, ye do shed; And the land, shall ye inherit?

Acts 15:29To be abstaining from idol sacrifices, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication,—From which, if ye keep yourselves, ye shall prosper. Fare ye well.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 14:25-36

Saul's Rash Oath. ( b. c. 1067.) 24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. 25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his… Read the whole commentary →

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