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Deuteronomy 15:23
Deuteronomy 15:23 is verse 23 of Deuteronomy chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
King James Version
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
World English Bible
Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water.
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Deuteronomy 15:21–23 · Berean Standard Bible
21 But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
22 Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.
23 But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 12:16but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
Deuteronomy 12:23Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
Leviticus 7:26You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.
1 Samuel 14:32So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.
Ezekiel 33:25Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?