Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Deuteronomy 12:16
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but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
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Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
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Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
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Deuteronomy 12
14 you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you.
15 But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,
16 but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
17 Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.
18 Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
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