Deuteronomy 12:24

24 You shall not eat it, [but] on the ground you shall pour it out 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 Surely [just] as the gazelle and the deer is eaten, so [both] the unclean and the clean together may eat it.

23 Only, be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.

24 You shall not eat it, [but] on the ground you shall pour it out like water.

25 You shall not eat it, so that {it will go well} for you [and] your children after you, because [then] you will [be] doing what is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

26 Only your holy objects {that are yours} and your votive gifts you must carry and you must bring to the place that Yahweh will choose.