Deuteronomy 12:24

24 Don't eat it; 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 Just as the nonsacrificial animals like the gazelle and deer are eaten, you may eat them; the ritually unclean and clean may eat them at the same table.
23 Only this: Absolutely no blood. Don't eat the blood. Blood is life; don't eat the life with the meat.
24 Don't eat it; pour it out on the ground like water.
25 Don't eat it; then you'll have a good life, you and your children after you. By all means, do the right thing in God's eyes.
26 And this: Lift high your Holy-Offerings and your Vow-Offerings and bring them to the place God designates.
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