Verse 23

Only do not take its blood for food, but let it be drained out on the earth like water.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 12:16 : 16 But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.
• Deut 12:23 : 23 But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.
• Lev 7:26 : 26 And you are not to take for food any blood, of bird or of beast, in any of your houses.
• 1 Sam 14:32 : 32 And rushing at the goods taken in the fight, the people took oxen and sheep and young oxen, and put them to death there on the earth, and had a meal, taking the flesh with the blood in it.
• Ezek 33:25 : 25 For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: You take your meat with the blood, your eyes are lifted up to your images, and you are takers of life: are you to have the land for your heritage?