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Deuteronomy 15:23

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Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

Only thou shalt not eat {H398} the blood {H1818} thereof; thou shalt pour {H8210} it upon the ground {H776} as water {H4325}.

Just don't eat its blood, but pour it out on the ground like water.

But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 12:16 (4 votes)

    Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

  • Deuteronomy 12:23 (3 votes)

    Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood [is] the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

  • Leviticus 7:26 (3 votes)

    Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, [whether it be] of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

  • 1 Samuel 14:32 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Ezekiel 33:25 (2 votes)

    Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?