Deuteronomy 12:26-27 - Announcement Of Particular Laws.

The holy things ; i . e . the offerings prescribed by the Law; "hallowed things" ( Numbers 18:8 ; cf. Le Numbers 21:22 ). Which thou hast ; literally, which are to thee ; i . e . which are binding on thee. Thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood ; i . e . the flesh and the blood of the burnt offerings which were to be laid upon the altar (Le Deuteronomy 1:5-9 ). The blood of thy sacrifices ( zebachim ) shall be poured out upon the altar. This refers to the ritual of the shelamim , or peace offering (Le Deuteronomy 3:2 , Deuteronomy 3:8 , Deuteronomy 3:13 ). The word zebach ( זֶבַה ) is never used in the Pentateuch of an atoning sacrifice (Oehler, 'Theology of the Old Testament,' 2.2); it is used only of such offerings as furnished a sacrificial meal; hence it is added here, and thou shalt eat the flesh.