Deuteronomy 12:16

New Century Version

but do not eat the blood. Pour it out on the ground like water.

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

But you must not eat meat that still has blood in it, because blood gives life.

Ezekiel 24:7

“ ‘The blood from her killings is still in the city. She poured the blood on the bare rock. She did not pour it on the ground where dust would cover it.

Ezekiel 33:25

So say to them: ‘This is what the Lord God says: You eat meat with the blood still in it, you ask your idols for help, and you murder people. Should you then have the land as your very own?

Leviticus 19:26

“ ‘You must not eat anything with the blood in it. “ ‘You must not try to tell the future by signs or black magic.

Leviticus 3:17

“ ‘This law will continue for people from now on, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or blood.’ ”

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write a letter to them telling them these things: Stay away from food that has been offered to idols (which makes it unclean), any kind of sexual sin, eating animals that have been strangled, and blood.

Acts 15:29

Stay away from any food that has been offered to idols, eating any animals that have been strangled, and blood, and any kind of sexual sin. If you stay away from these things, you will do well. Good-bye.

Deuteronomy 15:22

But you may eat that animal in your own town. Both clean and unclean people may eat it, as they would eat a gazelle or a deer.

Deuteronomy 15:23

But don’t eat its blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

1 Timothy 4:4

Everything God made is good, and nothing should be refused if it is accepted with thanks,

1 Samuel 14:32

They had taken sheep, cattle, and calves from the Philistines. Now they were so hungry they killed the animals on the ground and ate them, without draining the blood from them!

1 Samuel 14:33

Someone said to Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against the Lord. They’re eating meat without draining the blood from it!” Saul said, “You have sinned! Roll a large stone over here now!”