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Deuteronomy 12:16

Deuteronomy 12:16
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Only ye shall not eat the blood,.... All manner of blood being forbidden, of fowl or of beasts, whether slain for sacrifice or for common food:

ye shall pour it out upon the earth as water; which…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 12:5-32

There is not any one particular precept (as I remember) in all the law of Moses so largely pressed and inculcated as this, by which they are all tied to bring their sacrifices to that one altar which…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Deuteronomy 12:13-19

Third Statement of the Law of the One Sanctuary

In the Sg. address and with phrases characteristic of that form. In substance much the same as the two previous statements, the zebaḥimbeing curiously…