Deuteronomy 12:27
Context12:27 You must offer your burnt offerings, both meat and blood, on the altar of the Lord your God; the blood of your other sacrifices 1 you must pour out on his 2 altar while you eat the meat.
Deuteronomy 19:10
Context19:10 You must not shed innocent blood 3 in your land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty. 4


[12:27] 1 sn These other sacrifices would be so-called peace or fellowship offerings whose ritual required a different use of the blood from that of burnt (sin and trespass) offerings (cf. Lev 3; 7:11-14, 19-21).
[12:27] 2 tn Heb “on the altar of the
[19:10] 3 tn Heb “innocent blood must not be shed.” The Hebrew phrase דָּם נָקִי (dam naqiy) means the blood of a person to whom no culpability or responsibility adheres because what he did was without malice aforethought (HALOT 224 s.v דָּם 4.b).
[19:10] 4 tn Heb “and blood will be upon you” (cf. KJV, ASV); NRSV “thereby bringing bloodguilt upon you.”