Deuteronomy 12:23 meaning and explanation

Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

Deuteronomy 12:23, Berean Standard Bible

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Moses is speaking to the Israelites on the plains of Moab, before they cross the Jordan. In this chapter he allows them to slaughter and eat meat anywhere once they settle, but he keeps one restriction: the blood must be poured out on the ground.

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