Catholic Public Domain Version
"Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water, "
— Deuteronomy 12:24, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.”
“Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. ”
“You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.”
“You must not eat it! You must pour it out on the ground like water.”
“But thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water,”
“Do not take it for food but let it be drained out on the earth like water.”
“Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.”
but if the place which the Lord your God will choose, so that his name may be there, is far away, you may kill, from your herds and your flocks which you will have, in the manner I have instructed to you, and you may eat in your towns, as it pleases you.
Just as the roe deer and the stag may be eaten, so also may you eat these: you may eat both the clean and the unclean alike.
Only beware of this: you may not eat the blood. For their blood is for the soul. And because of this, you must not eat the soul with the flesh.
Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water,
so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, when you will do what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord.
But the things that you have sanctified and vowed to the Lord, you shall take up and bring to the place which the Lord will choose.
And you shall offer your oblations of flesh and of blood upon the altar of the Lord your God. You shall poor out the blood of your victims upon the altar. And you yourself shall eat the flesh.