and Mark 5:13, where it refers to plants choking other plants or to pigs drowning. This likely is a description of what happens with sacrifices or meals among Gentiles. The result of this form of death is that blood often is not drained from the animal (Gaventa 2003: 222). Philo (Spec. Laws 4.23 §§122–23) describes such a practice. The reference to blood appears to be drawn from Lev. 17:10–14 (Bietenhard, TDNT 6:457–58; also Gen. 9:4; Lev. 3:17; 7:26–27; 19:26; Deut. 12:16, 23, 25, 27; 15:23; 1 Sam.