Leviticus 17:13

17:13 “‘Any man from the Israelites ¹  or from the foreigners who reside ²  in their ³  midst who hunts a wild animal ⁴  or a bird that may be eaten ⁵  must pour out its blood and cover it with soil,

Deuteronomy 12:16

12:16 However, you must not eat blood – pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:24

12:24 You must not eat it! You must pour it out on the ground like water.

Job 16:18

An Appeal to God as Witness

16:18 “O earth, do not cover my blood, ⁶ 

nor let there be a secret ⁷  place for my cry.

Isaiah 26:21

26:21 For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, ⁸ 

to punish the sin of those who live on the earth.

The earth will display the blood shed on it;

it will no longer cover up its slain. ⁹ 

¹ tc A few medieval Hebrew mss, Smr, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “from the house of Israel” as in vv. 3, 8, and 10, but the LXX agrees with the MT.

² tn Heb “from the sojourner who sojourns.”

³ tc The LXX, Syriac, Vulgate, and certain mss of Smr have “your” (plural) rather than “their” (cf. v. 10 above).

⁴ tn Heb “[wild] game of animal.”

⁵ tn That is, it must be a clean animal, not an unclean animal (cf. Lev 11).

⁶ sn Job knows that he will die, and that his death, signified here by blood on the ground, will cry out for vindication.

⁷ tn The word is simply “a place,” but in the context it surely means a hidden place, a secret place that would never be discovered (see 18:21).

⁸ tn Heb “out of his place” (so KJV, ASV).

⁹ sn This implies that rampant bloodshed is one of the reasons for divine judgment. See the note at 24:5.