Deuteronomy 12:16
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.In other versions
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
ASV
But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.
BBE
Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
DBY
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.
WEB
`Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
YLT
Only all of you shall not eat the blood; all of you shall pour it upon the earth as water.
ENG
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
WBT
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
BSB
In context
14But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
15Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
16Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
17Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
18But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.