Reading through Deuteronomy last week was a big break from all the long and drawn out rules found in Leviticus, and Numbers. While reading through the chapter one of the most fascinating things that I found in this particular book was chapter 28 verses 56-57. It speaks about a women who eats her own afterbirth here are the verses for you to read:
"56 The most gentle and sensitive woman among you--so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot--will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter 57 the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For she intends to eat them secretly during the siege and in the distress that your enemy will inflict on you in your cities."
To be honest I really think it is quite strange that Yahweh commanded this for disobeying his laws, but I can see why this one would be so much punishment for a women to undertake. so the question I would like to find answers to is can women actually eat their afterbirth?
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