Deuteronomy 12:16

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

Deuteronomy 12:16 in Other Translations

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

16 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.

16 But you must not consume the blood. You must pour it out on the ground like water.

16 But you may not eat the blood. Pour the blood out on the ground like water.

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

Deuteronomy 12:16 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 12:16

Only ye shall not eat the blood
All manner of blood being forbidden, of fowl or of beasts, whether slain for sacrifice or for common food:

ye shall pour it out upon the earth as water;
which cannot be gathered up again for use, but is swallowed up in the earth.

Deuteronomy 12:16 In-Context

14 Offer them only at the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

15 Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were gazelle or deer, according to the blessing the LORD your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.

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

17 You must not eat in your own towns the tithe of your grain and new wine and olive oil, or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.

18 Instead, you are to eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns—and you are to rejoice before the LORD your God in everything you put your hand to.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 7:26; Leviticus 17:10-12; Acts 15:20
• 2. ver 23-24; S Genesis 35:14; 1 Chronicles 11:18; Jeremiah 7:18
• 3. S Leviticus 17:13; S Deuteronomy 15:23; John 19:34