1 Samuel 14:32-34
Contemporary English Version
32 They grabbed the food they had captured from the Philistines and started eating. They even killed sheep and cows and calves right on the spot and ate the meat without draining the blood.[a] 33 (A) Someone told Saul, “Look! The army is disobeying the Lord by eating meat before the blood drains out.”
“You're right,” Saul answered. “They are being unfaithful to the Lord! Hurry! Roll a big rock over here.[b] 34 Then tell everyone in camp to bring their cattle and lambs to me. They can kill the animals on this rock,[c] then eat the meat. That way no one will disobey the Lord by eating meat with blood still in it.”
That night the soldiers brought their cattle over to the big rock and killed them there.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 14.32 blood: The Israelites were supposed to drain the blood from a butchered animal before the meat was cooked and eaten (see Genesis 9.4; Leviticus 17.11; Deuteronomy 12.23).
- 14.33 over here: One ancient translation; Hebrew “today.”
- 14.34 kill … rock: That is, up off the ground so the blood could drain out.
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