Deuteronomy 15:23
What does Deuteronomy 15:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 15:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Only do not take its blood for food, but let it be drained out on the earth like water.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Only thou shalt take heed not to eat their blood, but pour it out on the earth as water.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
Context
v.22Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 33:25
Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
- Leviticus 7:26
And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
- Deuteronomy 12:16
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
- 1 Samuel 14:32
and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people did eat them with the blood.
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