Deuteronomy 12:24 “You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.”

Deuteronomy 12:24

You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

World English Bible

You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore thou shalt not eat it, but powre it vpon the earth as water.

Darby Translation

thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water:

Young's Literal Translation

thou dost not eat it, on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

Bible in Basic English

Do not take it for food but let it be drained out on the earth like water.

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In context

23Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

25Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

Read Deuteronomy 12