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Deuteronomy 12:24

You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.

  • KJV King James Version

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

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

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

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to Deuteronomy 12:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 12:16 Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
  • Deuteronomy 15:23 Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water.

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Explain this verse (1 source)

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thou shalt not eat it,.... Neither with the flesh,…

Thou shalt not eat it,.... Neither with the flesh, nor separately:

thou shall pour it upon the earth as water; as the blood of sacrifices was poured upon the altar, the blood of common flesh was to be poured upon the earth, signifying it was not to be used, and no account to be made of it; See Gill on Deu 12:16

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

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