Deuteronomy 12:24

Deuteronomy 12:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
• New International Version (NIV)You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth like water.

Context of Deuteronomy 12:24

22Like you eat the gazelle or ibex, so you may eat these; the ritually impure and pure alike may eat them. 23However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself – you must not eat the life with the meat! You must not eat it! You must pour it out on the ground like water. 25You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the Lord’s sight. 26Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the Lord will choose.

Deuteronomy 12:24 word by word

לֹ֖א תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּ עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּ כַּמָּֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt not eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• it; thou shalt pourשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• it upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• as waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 12:24

• Deuteronomy 12:16However, you must not eat blood – pour it out on the ground like water.
• Deuteronomy 15:23However, you must not eat its blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 12:24

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-32Verses 5-32 The command to bring ALL the sacrifices to the door of the tabernacle, was now explained with reference to the promised land. As to moral service, then, as now, men might pray and worship every where, as they did in their synagogues. The place which God would choose, is said to be the place where he would put his name. It was to be his habitation, where, as King of Israel, he would be found by all who reverently sought him. Now, under the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2822-28. Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them, &c.--Game when procured in the wilderness had not been required to be brought to the door of the tabernacle. The people were now to be as free in the killing of domestic cattle as of wild animals. The permission to hunt and use venison for food was doubtless a great boon to the Israelites, not only in the wilderness, but on their settlement in Canaan, as the mountainous ranges of…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings