Verse 23

However, you must not eat its blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 12:16 : 16 However, you must not eat blood– pour it out on the ground like water.
• Deut 12:23 : 23 However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself– you must not eat the life with the meat!
• Lev 7:26 : 26 And you must not eat any blood of the birds or the domesticated land animals in any of the places where you live.
• 1 Sam 14:32 : 32 So the army rushed greedily on the plunder, confiscating sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them right on the ground, and the army ate them blood and all.
• Ezek 33:25 : 25 Therefore say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, pray to your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess the land?