Deuteronomy 12:23

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21 If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from ^ayou, then you may slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the Lord has given you, just as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your gates as much as your heart desires.

22 Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them.

23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, ^afor the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat.

24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth like water.

25 You shall not eat it, ^athat it may go well with you and your children after you, ^bwhen you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.

26 Only the ^aholy things which you have, and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the Lord chooses.

27 And ^ayou shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of the Lord your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the Lord your God, and you shall eat the meat.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Deuteronomy 12:23

For the blood is the life - And the life being offered as an atonement, consequently the blood should not be eaten. See the notes on Leviticus 17:11, where the subject of the vitality of the blood is largely considered.

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