Deuteronomy 12:23 — Bible Verse (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.”
Deuteronomy 12:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 12:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 12:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Deuteronomy 12:23 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 12:23 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.”
Deuteronomy 12:23 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 12:23 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;”
Deuteronomy 12:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 12:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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; ”
Deuteronomy 12:23 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 12:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Onely bee sure that thou eate not the blood: for the blood is the life, and thou maiest not eate the life with the flesh.”
Deuteronomy 12:23 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 12:23 in Context — Deuteronomy 12
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.
What Does Deuteronomy 12:23 Mean?
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