Deuteronomy 12:16

Easy To Read Version

But you must not eat the blood. You must pour the blood on the ground like water.

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

But I give you one command. You must not eat meat that still has its life (blood) in it.

Ezekiel 24:7

Jerusalem is like a pot with rust on it.\par Why? Because the blood from\par the murders is still there!\par She put the blood on the bare rock!\par She did not pour the blood on the ground\par and cover it with dirt. {\cf2\super [202]} \par

Ezekiel 33:25

“You must tell them that the Lord and Master says these things, ‘You eat meat with the blood still in it. You look to your idols {\cf2\super [271]} for help. You murder people. So why should I give you this land?

Leviticus 19:26

“You must not eat any meat with blood still in it.

Leviticus 3:17

This rule will continue forever through all your generations. Wherever you live, you must never eat fat or blood.”

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write a letter to them. We should tell them these things:

Acts 15:29

Don’t eat food that has been given to idols. {\cf2\super [320]} \par Don’t eat meat from animals that have been\par strangled (choked) or\par any meat that still has the blood in it.\par Don’t do any kind of sexual sin.\par

Deuteronomy 15:22

But you may eat the meat from that animal at home. Any person may eat it—people who are clean [95] and people who are unclean. [96] The rules for eating this meat is the same as the rules for eating gazelles and deer.

Deuteronomy 15:23

But you must not eat the blood from the animal. You must pour the blood out on the ground like water.

1 Timothy 4:4

Everything that God made is good. Nothing that God made should be refused if it is accepted with thanks to God.

1 Samuel 14:32

They had taken sheep, cows, and calves from the Philistines. Now the people of Israel were so hungry they killed the animals on the ground and ate them. And the blood was still in the animals!

1 Samuel 14:33

A person said to Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against the Lord. They’re eating meat that still has blood in it!”