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23 Only be sure to refrain from eating blood, because blood is the source of[a] life and you are not to consume blood with the meat. 24 You are not to eat it; instead, you are to pour it on the ground as you would water. 25 You are not to eat it, so that life may go well for you and for your children after you. Then you’ll do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

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  1. Deuteronomy 12:23 The Heb. lacks source of

23 But be sure you do not eat the blood,(A) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.(B) 24 You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.(C) 25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well(D) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right(E) in the eyes of the Lord.

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