"Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water." — Deuteronomy 15:23

Deuteronomy 15:23 · KJV

“Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.”

— Deuteronomy 15:23

Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean {person shall eat it} alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

Deuteronomy 15 — Context

And if there be {any} blemish therein, {as if it be} lame, or blind, {or have} any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.

Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean {person shall eat it} alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:16

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

Leviticus 7:26

Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, {whether it be} of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

Deuteronomy 12:23

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood {is} the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. {be...: Heb. be strong}

1 Samuel 14:32

And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew {them} on the ground: and the people did eat {them} with the blood.

Ezekiel 33:25

Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?