1 Samuel 14:31-33

Contemporary English Version

³¹By evening the Israelite army was exhausted from killing Philistines all the way from Michmash to Aijalon.^[a] ³²They 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.^[b] 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.^[c]

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Footnotes

14.31 Aijalon: About 30 kilometers west of Michmash.
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.”