Deuteronomy 12:16
What does Deuteronomy 12:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 12:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Only, the blood ye do not eat--on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Only the blood thou shalt not eat, but thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
Context
v.15Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
v.16This passage
v.17Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy grain, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 17:10
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
- 1 Timothy 4:4
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:
- Deuteronomy 12:23
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.
- Leviticus 7:26
And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
- Acts 15:29
that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.
- Deuteronomy 15:23
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.
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