Verse 23

Deuteronomy 15:23

King James Version

23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

Original Language Text

hebrew

רַ֥ק אֶת דָּמ֖/וֹ לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑ל עַל הָ/אָ֥רֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖/נּוּ כַּ/מָּֽיִם

English Translation

Only his blood you shall not eat; on the earth you shall pour it out like water.

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Chapter 15 Context

1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. Focus ↗

2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall re... Focus ↗

3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shal... Focus ↗

4 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which... Focus ↗

5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God (Elohim), to observe to do all the... Focus ↗

6 For the LORD thy God (Elohim) blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nati... Focus ↗

7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which th... Focus ↗

8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in... Focus ↗

9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of releas... Focus ↗

10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because... Focus ↗

11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open th... Focus ↗

12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years;... Focus ↗

13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: Focus ↗

14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: o... Focus ↗

15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine... Focus ↗

17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servan... Focus ↗

18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth... Focus ↗

19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy... Focus ↗

20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God (Elohim) year by year in the place which the LORD shall ch... Focus ↗

21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shal... Focus ↗

22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roeb... Focus ↗

23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

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