Deuteronomy 12:23
21 If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.
22 Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.
Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
24 You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
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.
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- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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;
- BLB
- Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you may not eat the life with the flesh.
- ÅB
- Hold bare fast ved at du ikke spiser blodet! For blodet er sjelen, og du skal ikke spise sjelen sammen med kjøttet.
- OTB
- Men vær sikker på at dere ikke konsumerer blodet, for blodet er livet, og dere må ikke spise livet med kjøttet.
- B1930
- Hold bare fast ved at du ikke eter blodet! For blodet er sjelen, og du skal ikke ete sjelen sammen med kjøttet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 17:11
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.
Read in contextGenesis 9:4
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
Read in contextLeviticus 17:13–14
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.
Read in contextLeviticus 3:16–17
Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:16
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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