Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water.
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Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water.
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Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
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Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to Deuteronomy 15:23 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.
- Leviticus 7:26 You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings.
- Deuteronomy 12:23 Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.
- 1 Samuel 14:32 and the people pounced on the plunder, and took sheep, cattle, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.
- Ezekiel 33:25 Therefore tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. So should you possess the land?
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof,.... Of…
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof,.... Of the firstling:
thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water; See Gill on Deu 12:16; see Gill on Deu 12:23; see Gill on Deu 12:24.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. See on Deu_12:23.
23. See on Deu_12:23.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 15:23 The blood of an animal was seen as…
15:23 The blood of an animal was seen as synonymous with its life, the most sacred of God’s creations, so it was sacrilegious to consume it (see 12:16).
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