THEOSISDeuteronomy 15:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Only thou shalt take heed not to eat their blood, but pour it out on the earth as water.
רַ֥ק אֶת־דָּמ֖וֹ לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑ל עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּ כַּמָּֽיִם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 12:16Only the blood thou shalt not eat, but thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
- Deut 12:23Only beware of this, that thou eat not the blood, for the blood is for the soul: and therefore thou must not eat the soul with the flesh:
- Lev 7:26Moreover you shall not eat the blood of any creature whatsoever, whether of birds or beasts.
- 1 Sam 14:32And falling upon the spoils, they took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people ate them with the blood.
- Ezek 33:25Therefore say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: You that eat with the blood and lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and that shed blood: shall you possess the land by inheritance?