Deuteronomy 15:23

23 Only thou shalt keep this, that thou eat not the blood of those, but shed it out as water into the earth. (But thou shalt not eat any of their blood, but thou shalt pour it out like water onto the ground.)

Deuteronomy 15:23 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 15:23

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof
Of the firstling:

thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water;
(See Gill on Deuteronomy 12:16), (See Gill on Deuteronomy 12:23), (See Gill on Deuteronomy 12:24).

Deuteronomy 15:23 In-Context

21 And if it have a wem (But if it hath a blemish, or a fault), either is crooked, either (is) blind, either is foul, either (is) feeble in any part, it shall not be offered to thy Lord God;
22 but thou shalt eat it within the gates of thy city, both a clean man and an unclean (man) shall eat of those in like manner, as of a capret, and of an hart. (but thou shalt eat it within the gates of thy city, both a clean person and an unclean person shall eat it, like they would a gazelle, or a deer.)
23 Only thou shalt keep this, that thou eat not the blood of those, but shed it out as water into the earth. (But thou shalt not eat any of their blood, but thou shalt pour it out like water onto the ground.)
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