1 Samuel 14:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

The people flew upon the spoil, to wit, at evening, when the time prefixed by Saul was expired. With the blood; not having patience to tarry till the blood was perfectly gone out of them, as they should have done. See Genesis 9:4 Leviticus 17:14 Deuteronomy 12:16. So they who seemed to make conscience of the king's commandment for fear of the curse, make no scruple of transgressing God's command.

1 Samuel 14:32

32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.