1 Samuel 14:32 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 14:32

So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.

BSB

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ASV

and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people did eat them with the blood.

KJV

And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the people flew upon the spoil,.... Like a swift and ravenous bird, as the eagle, and which seems to have its name in Greek from this word, see Isa 46:

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Slew - At evening, when the time prefixed by Saul was expired. With blood - Not having patience to tarry 'till the blood was perfectly gone out of them, as they should have done.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Two hungry meals, we say, make the third a glutton; it was so here. They would not stay to have their meat either duly killed (for they slew the cattle upon the ground, and did not hang them up, as they used to do, that the blood might all run out of them) or duly dressed, but fell greedily upon it before it was half boiled or half roasted,

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֤עַט	vai.ya.'as	and it rushed	H5860 →
הָעָם֙	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַשָּׁלָ֔ל	ha.sha.lal	the plunder	H7998 →
וַיִּקְח֨וּ	vai.yik.Chu	and they took	H3947 →
צֹ֧אן	tzon	sheep	H6629 →
וּבָקָ֛ר	u.va.Kar	and cattle	H1241 →
וּבְנֵ֥י	u.ve.Nei	and [the] young of	H1121 →
בָקָ֖ר	va.Kar	cattle	H1241 →
וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ־	vai.yish.cha.tu-	and they slaughtered [them]	H7819 →
אָ֑רְצָה	'A.re.tzah	[the] ground towards	H776 →
וַיֹּ֥אכַל	vai.Yo.khal	and it ate [them]	H398 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
עַל־	'al-	with	H5921 →
הַדָּֽם׃	ha.Dam	the blood	H1818 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 9:4
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:23
  Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 15:23
  But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 12:16
  but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
- Acts 15:20
  Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
- Leviticus 7:26
  You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.
Through
Leviticus 3:17
This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
leads to
- Genesis 9:4
  But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Leviticus 19:26
You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 18:10–14
  Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
- 2 Kings 17:17
  They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

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