Deuteronomy 12:16
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
Context
This verse from Deuteronomy Chapter 12 connects to 10 cross-references. Israel is commanded to destroy all Canaanite worship sites and their altars, pillars, and images; worship must be centralized at the place God will choose. In contrast to the permitted killing of animals anywhere for food, all sacrificial offerings must …
Other Translations
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
`Only, the blood ye do not eat--on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.
Cross References
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which …
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth …
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth …
Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your …
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat …