Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Deuteronomy 12:16

14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

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

17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

18 But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

Read the whole chapter

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
KJV
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
WEB
Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
ASV
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
DARBY
Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
BLB
Only the blood you⁺ shall not eat; you shall pour it on the earth like water.
ÅB
Men blodet må dere ikke etedere skal helle det ut på jorden slik som vann.
OTB
Men dere må ikke konsumere blodet; hell det ut på jorden som vann.
B1930
Men blodet må I ikke ete; I skal helle det ut på jorden likesom vann.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 9:4

    But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

    Read in context

  • Deuteronomy 15:23

    Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

    Read in context

  • Acts 15:29

    That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

    Read in context

  • Deuteronomy 12:23–24

    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.

    Read in context

  • 1 Timothy 4:4

    For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

    Read in context

  • Leviticus 17:10–13

    And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

    Read in context

  • Leviticus 7:26–27

    Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

    Read in context