N. J. E.— Certainly the verse gave permission to the Lord's children anciently to sell to strangers that which it was not right for them to eat of themselves. There was to be no deception, however, in this. Among the nations which surrounded Israel, there were those who would eat meat in the blood, and that which died of itself. It was common for them so to do, but God forbade Israel to do it. When they sold to nations around them, it was selling only that which was perfectly proper in the sight of the nations. We recall when a boy the death of an ox by accident; three days after which an old countryman wished to purchase that ox for food, when the carcass was becoming loathsome and bloated. The man to whom the beast belonged, however, refused to sell it for any such purpose as that. The best way for the Christian to do is even to teach the uninstructed around him that such a thing as that is wrong.