Deuteronomy 12:24

24 You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:24 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
English Standard Version (ESV)
24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
New Living Translation (NLT)
24 Instead, pour out the blood on the ground like water.
The Message Bible (MSG)
24 Don't eat it; pour it out on the ground like water.
American Standard Version (ASV)
24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
24 Never eat blood. Pour it on the ground like water.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
24 Do not eat blood; pour it on the ground like water.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
24 You must not eat the blood. Pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:24 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 12:24

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 Deuteronomy 12:16)

Deuteronomy 12:24 In-Context

22 Eat them as you would gazelle or deer. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat.
23 But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
24 You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.
25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
26 But take your consecrated things and whatever you have vowed to give, and go to the place the LORD will choose.

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