Deuteronomy 12:24

24 Do not eat it; you shall 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 Indeed, just as gazelle or deer is eaten, so you may eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it.

23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood; for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.

24 Do not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

25 Do not eat it, so that all may go well with you and your children after you, because you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.

26 But the sacred donations that are due from you, and your votive gifts, you shall bring to the place that the Lord will choose.