Deuteronomy 15 · Verse 23

Deuteronomy 15:23

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
Deuteronomy 15:23, King James Version

Deuteronomy 15:23 in other translations

BSBBut you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
WEBOnly you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water.
ASVOnly thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.
YLTOnly, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.
DARBYOnly thou shalt not eat the blood thereof: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
BBEOnly do not take its blood for food, but let it be drained out on the earth like water.
WebsterOnly thou shalt not eat its blood; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

What does Deuteronomy 15:23 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 15:19-23

Here is a direction what to do with the firstlings. We are not now limited as the Israelites were; we make no difference between a first calf, or lamb, and the rest. Let us then look to the gospel meaning of this law, devoting ourselves and the first of our time and strength to God; and using all our comforts and enjoyments to his praise, and under the direction of his law, as we have them all by his gift.

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Deuteronomy 15:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

רַ֥קrakonlyH7535
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
דָּמ֖וֹda.Moblood itsH1818
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תֹאכֵ֑לto.Khelyou must eatH398
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzthe groundH776
תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּtish.pe.Khe.nuyou will pour out itH8210
כַּמָּֽיִם\׃\ \פka.Ma.yimlike <the> waterH4325

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 15:23

  • Deuteronomy 12:16

    Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

  • Deuteronomy 12:23

    Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

  • Leviticus 7:26

    Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

  • Ezekiel 33:25

    Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

  • 1 Samuel 14:32

    And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

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12:16,23; Le 7:26; 1Sa 14:32; Eze 33:25

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 15:22

    Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

  • Deuteronomy 15:23

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

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Deuteronomy 15:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Solamente que no comas su sangre: sobre la tierra la derramarás como agua.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Seulement, tu n’en mangeras pas le sang; tu le verseras sur la terre, comme de l’eau.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nur sein Blut sollst du nicht essen; du sollst es auf die Erde gießen wie Wasser.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hoc solum observabis, ut sanguinem eorum non comedas, sed effundes in terram quasi aquam.