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Deuteronomy 12:23

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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.

Only be sure {H2388} that thou eat {H398} not the blood {H1818}: for the blood {H1818} is the life {H5315}; and thou mayest not eat {H398} the life {H5315} with the flesh {H1320}.

Just take care not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you are not to eat the life with the meat.

Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 17:11 (14 votes)

    For the life of the flesh [is] in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it [is] the blood [that] maketh an atonement for the soul.

  • Genesis 9:4 (11 votes)

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

  • Leviticus 17:13 (7 votes)

    And whatsoever man [there be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

  • Leviticus 17:14 (7 votes)

    For [it is] the life of all flesh; the blood of it [is] for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh [is] the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

  • Leviticus 3:16 (6 votes)

    And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: [it is] the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat [is] the LORD'S.

  • Leviticus 3:17 (6 votes)

    [It shall be] a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

  • Deuteronomy 12:16 (6 votes)

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