Deuteronomy 12:23

23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood; for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.

Deuteronomy 12:23 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 12:23

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood
This is repeated again, that they might be careful to observe the law concerning that:

for the blood is the life:
which is the reason given for the prohibition of it, (See Gill on Leviticus 17:11),

and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh:
by which it seems that the meaning of the law was, that the blood might not be eaten in or with the flesh, but to be let out of it, or the fish not to be eaten raw, but dressed; for there were various laws about eating of blood, which are differently expressed.

Deuteronomy 12:23 In-Context

21 If the place where the Lord your God will choose to put his name is too far from you, and you slaughter as I have commanded you any of your herd or flock that the Lord has given you, then you may eat within your towns whenever you desire.
22 Indeed, just as gazelle or deer is eaten, so you may eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it.
23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood; for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.
24 Do not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
25 Do not eat it, so that all may go well with you and your children after you, because you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.
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