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Deuteronomy 15:23 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 15 · verse 23
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.Deuteronomy 15:23 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 15:23 in context
21And 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.
22Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
23Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- groundʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- blooddâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- pourshâphakto spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metalH8210 →
- eatʼâkalto eatH398 →
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Here is, 1. A repetition of the law concerning the firstlings of their cattle, that, if they were males, they were to be sanctified to the Lord (Deu 15:19), in remembrance of, and in thankfulness for, the sparing of the first-born of Israel, when the first-born of the Egyptians, both of man and beast, were slain by…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-23