Deuteronomy - 12:24

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

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 12:24.

Differing Translations

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thou dost not eat it, on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
Do not take it for food but let it be drained out on the earth like water.
Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water,
Non comedes illum, sed in terram effundes illum instar aquae.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Thou shalt not eat it,.... Neither with the flesh, nor separately:
thou shall pour it upon the earth as water; as the blood of sacrifices was poured upon the altar, the blood of common flesh was to be poured upon the earth, signifying it was not to be used, and no account to be made of it; See Gill on Deuteronomy 12:16

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