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Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground as water.
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The Sanctity of Blood
Commentators like John Gill note that this command repeats earlier prohibitions found in Deuteronomy 12. This repetition underscores the profound importance of not consuming blood. Pouring the blood on the ground like water symbolized returning the life force, which belongs to God alone, back to Him. This was a foundational principle of Israelite worship and daily life.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare to Exodus 13:11 and following. The directions of the preceding legislation (see Numbers 18:15 and following) are here assumed, with the inj…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Only you shall not eat the blood thereof Of the firstling:
you shall pour it upon the ground as w…
Here is instruction on what to do with the firstlings. We are not now limited as the Israelites were; we make no difference between a first calf, o…
