Deuteronomy 12:16
Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.This verse in the real world
In what words
- שָׁפַךְshâphakto spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also
- דָּםdâmblood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of
- אָכַלʼâkalto eat (literally or figuratively)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Gen 9:4, Deu 15:23, Deu 12:23–24, Act 15:29, Lev 7:26–27, 1Ti 4:4, Lev 17:10–13