Deuteronomy 15:23

New Century Version

But don’t eat its 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 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 17:10

“ ‘I will be against any citizen of Israel or foreigner living with you who eats blood. I will cut off that person from the people.

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 7:26

No matter where you live, you must not eat blood from any bird or animal.

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.

Deuteronomy 12:15

But you may kill your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were a deer or a gazelle; this is the blessing the Lord your God is giving you. Anyone, clean or unclean, may eat this meat,

Deuteronomy 12:16

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

Deuteronomy 12:23

but be sure you don’t eat the blood, because the life is in the blood. Don’t eat the life with the meat.

Deuteronomy 12:24

Don’t eat the blood, but pour it out on the ground like water.

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!”