Deuteronomy 12:23
What does Deuteronomy 12:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 12:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Only 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 · 1611Only 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 · 1901Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood <FI>is<Fi> the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Only beware of this, that thou eat not the blood, for the blood is for the soul: and therefore thou must not eat the soul with the flesh:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh;
Context
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.
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