King James Version
Deuteronomy 12:24 in the King James Version says “Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.”
Deuteronomy 12:24 · KJV
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. be: Heb. be strong
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“it thou shalt pour”
H8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
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