Deuteronomy 12:16 “but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.”

Deuteronomy 12:16

but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

World English Bible

Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.

American Standard Version

Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

Geneva Bible 1599

Onely ye shall not eat the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as water.

Darby Translation

Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

Young's Literal Translation

'Only, the blood ye do not eat — on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

Bible in Basic English

But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.”

Genesis 9:4 Deuteronomy 15:23 Acts 15:29 Leviticus 17:10–13 1 Timothy 4:4 Deuteronomy 12:23

Genesis 9:4 · BSB

But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

Deuteronomy 15:23 · BSB

But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Acts 15:29 · BSB

You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.

Leviticus 17:10–13 · BSB

If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

1 Timothy 4:4 · BSB

For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

Deuteronomy 12:23 · BSB

Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,

17Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.

Read Deuteronomy 12