1 Samuel 14:34 meaning and explanation
Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
1 Samuel 14:34, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Saul is speaking to his troops after a battle against the Philistines. Exhausted and hungry from his own rash oath forbidding food until evening, the soldiers had rushed on the plunder and eaten meat with the blood still in it, which the law forbids (Leviticus 17:10-14).
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