Devine Scripture

Deuteronomy 12:23

Deuteronomy chapter 12 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.22Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.

v.23This passage

v.24Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Leviticus 17:11

    For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life.

  • Leviticus 17:13

    And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

  • Genesis 9:4

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

  • Deuteronomy 12:16

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

  • Leviticus 3:16

    And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor; all the fat is Jehovah’s.