Deuteronomy 12:24
22 Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.
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.
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.
26 But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.
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
- You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
- KJV
- Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
- WEB
- You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
- ASV
- Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
- DARBY
- thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water:
- BLB
- You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth like water.
- ÅB
- Du skal ikke spise det; du skal helle det ut på jorden slik som vann.
- OTB
- Dere må ikke konsumere blodet; hell det ut på jorden som vann.
- B1930
- Du skal ikke ete det; du skal helle det ut på jorden likesom vann.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 12:16
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 15:23
But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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