Deuteronomy 12:23
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
23 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.
24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 12:23 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood [is] the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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;
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.