Deuteronomy 12:23 “Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and…”

Deuteronomy 12:23

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

World English Bible

Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.

American Standard Version

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

Geneva Bible 1599

Onely bee sure that thou eate not the blood: for the blood is the life, and thou maiest not eate the life with the flesh.

Darby Translation

Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh;

Young's Literal Translation

'Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood [is] the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;

Bible in Basic English

But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.

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Cross references

“the blood is”

Leviticus 17:11 Genesis 9:4 Matthew 20:28 Revelation 5:9 Leviticus 3:16 Leviticus 3:17

Leviticus 17:11 · BSB

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

Genesis 9:4 · BSB

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

Matthew 20:28 · BSB

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

Revelation 5:9 · BSB

And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Leviticus 3:16 · BSB

Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.

Leviticus 3:17 · BSB

This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”

Also

Leviticus 17:13–14 Deuteronomy 12:16

Leviticus 17:13–14 · BSB

And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.

Deuteronomy 12:16 · BSB

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

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

In context

22Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.

24You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

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