Deuteronomy 15:23

Easy To Read Version

But you must not eat the blood from the animal. You must pour the blood out 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 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 17:10

“I (God) will be against any person who eats blood. It does not matter if that person is a citizen of Israel or if that person is a foreigner living among you! I will separate that person from his people.

Leviticus 19:26

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

Leviticus 7:26

“No matter where you live, you must never eat blood from any bird or any animal.

Acts 15:20

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

Deuteronomy 12:15

“Wherever you live you may kill and eat any good animals, like gazelles and deer. You may eat as much of the meat as you want, as much as the Lord your God gives to you. Any person may eat this meat—people who are clean [77] and people who are unclean. [78]

Deuteronomy 12:16

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

Deuteronomy 12:23

But be sure not to eat the blood. Why? Because the life is in the blood. And you must not eat meat that still has life in it.

Deuteronomy 12:24

Don’t eat the blood. You must pour the blood onto the ground like water.

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!”