Deuteronomy 12:24

24 Instead, pour out the blood 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 Anyone, whether ceremonially clean or unclean, may eat that meat, just as you do now with gazelle and deer.

23 But never consume the blood, for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the lifeblood with the meat.

24 Instead, pour out the blood on the ground like water.

25 Do not consume the blood, so that all may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what pleases the LORD .

26 “Take your sacred gifts and your offerings given to fulfill a vow to the place the LORD chooses.