Editing Libation (section)

==== Ancient Judaism ====
{{main|Drink offering}}
Libations were part of ancient [[Judaism]] and are mentioned in the [[Bible]]:<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bar |first1=Shaul |title=A Nation Is Born: The Jacob Story |date=2016 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-4982-3935-6 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPlJDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA53 |access-date=5 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
{{blockquote|And Jacob set up a Pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a Pillar of Stone; and he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.|[[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 35:14}}

In [[Isaiah 53]]:12, [[Isaiah]] uses libation as a [[metaphor]] when describing the end of the [[Suffering Servant]] figure who "poured out his life unto death".

Libations of wine were offered at [[Temple in Jerusalem|the Jerusalem temple]], and a double libation of wine and water was offered during [[Sukkot]], possibly as a rain making ritual.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ניסוך המים a Sukkot Rain Making Ritual - TheTorah.com |url=https://www.thetorah.com/article/water-libation-a-sukkot-rain-making-ritual |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=www.thetorah.com}}</ref>

Idolatrous libations were forbidden, along with the Torah's prohibitions on idolatrous sacrifice and worship generally.